decrumb

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verb

To remove the crumbs from.

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Meanings

verbdecrumb (third-person singular simple present decrumbs, present participle decrumbing, simple past and past participle decrumbed)

present singular third person decrumbs · participle present decrumbing · participle past decrumbed · past decrumbed

  1. transitiveTo remove the crumbs from.

    She nearly dropped the toast rack she was decrumbing.

    2011, Sophie Page, To Marry a Prince, page 156
    2 more examples

    A couple of hours later I had the washing going, the children fed and dressed and the kitchen floor semi-decrumbed in a mad effort to come to terms with this rotten day, when the phone rang.

    1972, Twila Van Leer, Life is just a bowl of kumquats, page 71

    I don't want my runner stopping off to decrumb a table or empty an ashtray.

    2001, Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential, page 230

Origin

From de- + crumb.

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APA

decrumb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decrumb

MLA

“decrumb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decrumb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decrumb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decrumb.

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