0 a tiny piece, especially of bread -- cebisan
She puts crumbs for the birds on her window-sill.
He is ' ' expected to be always ready with sharp witticisms, at a moment's notice,' ' and his reward is small : ' ' the crumbs that fell from the royal table ' ' (899).
Break the dry bread into crumbs.
We have only had the crumbs of commendation from the rich man's table.
However, fish processing includes processes such as battering and crumbing.
I think that we have got certain crumbs of real encouragement.
The point is that they are crumbs that do not properly fill the gap.
The autumn statement can rightly be described as containing very small crumbs of little comfort.
Of course, they give a few crumbs to those who are entitled to family income supplement.