Russian-English translations for крупи́ца

• crumb
  The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground
  a crumb of comfort
  to crumb bread
• element
  Letters are the elements of written language
  an element of doubt; an element of the picture
  exposed to the elements
• grain
  We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter
  a grain of wheat
  grains of oat
• particle
• scintilla
  a scintilla of hope