different between crumb vs fragment
crumb
English
Alternative forms
- crimb (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *kr?mô (“fragment, crumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gr?-mo- (“something scraped together, lumber, junk; to claw, scratch”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist, wind”). The b is excrescent, as in limb and climb, appearing in the mid 15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin gr?mus (“a little heap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
crumb (countable and uncountable, plural crumbs)
- A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
- desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table
- At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
- A small piece of other material, such as rubber.
- 2012, Caroline Joy Adams, An Italic Calligraphy Handbook (page 79)
- Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction. A dustbrush can be useful in removing any eraser crumbs.
- 2012, Caroline Joy Adams, An Italic Calligraphy Handbook (page 79)
- (figuratively) A bit, small amount.
- The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
- 1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford
- Dust unto dust, what must be, must; / If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust.
- 1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford
- A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
- (slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
- 1999, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Alice on the Outside (page 146)
- All Dad can think of is a gift certificate from the Melody Inn? And my crumb of a boyfriend doesn't even show up? This is a birthday?
- 1999, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Alice on the Outside (page 146)
- (slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
Synonyms
- (crumbled food): crumbling
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Derived terms
Related terms
- crumble
- crumpet
- crumbum
Translations
Verb
crumb (third-person singular simple present crumbs, present participle crumbing, simple past and past participle crumbed)
- (transitive) To cover with crumbs.
- (transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
- to crumb bread
Derived terms
- crumbed
Related terms
- crumple
Translations
crumb From the web:
- what crumbles
- what crumbles down
- what crumble means
- what crumbs mean
- what crumbs can you make
- what's crumb coating a cake
- what's crumb cake
fragment
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere, present active infinitive of frang? (“I break”). See also fraction.
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /?f?æ?m?nt/
- (verb) IPA(key): /f?æ??m?nt/, /?f?æ?m?nt/
Noun
fragment (plural fragments)
- A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
- (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
- (computing) An incomplete portion of code.
- (Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the
#
sign.
Related terms
- fragmental
Translations
Verb
fragment (third-person singular simple present fragments, present participle fragmenting, simple past and past participle fragmented)
- (intransitive) To break apart.
- (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
- (transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
Synonyms
- fragmentize
Antonyms
- defragment
Derived terms
- fragmentation
- defragmentation
- defragmenter
Translations
Further reading
- fragment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fragment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- fragment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere (“to break”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /f????ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /f????men/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /f?a??ment/
Noun
fragment m (plural fragments)
- a fragment
Derived terms
- fragment d'Okazaki
Czech
Etymology
From Latin fragmentum.
Noun
fragment m
- fragment (portion or segment of an object)
Related terms
- See frakce
Further reading
- fragment in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- fragment in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere (“to break”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: frag?ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
fragment n (plural fragmenten, diminutive fragmentje n)
- a fragment
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere (“to break”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?a?.m??/
- Homophone: fragments
- Hyphenation: frag?ment
Noun
fragment m (plural fragments)
- fragment
Derived terms
- fragmentaire
- fragmenter
Related terms
- fraction
Further reading
- “fragment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum
Noun
fragment n (definite singular fragmentet, indefinite plural fragment or fragmenter, definite plural fragmenta or fragmentene)
- a fragment
Related terms
- fragmentere
References
- “fragment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum
Noun
fragment n (definite singular fragmentet, indefinite plural fragment, definite plural fragmenta)
- a fragment
Related terms
- fragmentere
References
- “fragment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fra?.m?nt/
Noun
fragment m inan
- fragment
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French fragment and its source, Latin fragmentum.
Noun
fragment n (plural fragmente)
- fragment
Declension
Synonyms
- bucat?, frântur?
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fr??ment/
- Hyphenation: frag?ment
Noun
fràgment m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)
- fragment
Declension
References
- “fragment” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
fragment n
- a fragment
Declension
Related terms
- fragmentarisk
- fragmentera
- fragmentering
- fragmentisera
- fragmentisering
References
- fragment in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
fragment From the web:
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