What noun-word or any expression used for "bits of food spilt unto the ground out of the plate".

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I am an English language learner in need help from especially native English speakers. Please, I am looking for a noun-word or any expression used for "bits of food spilt unto the ground out of the plate, by children while eating especially when they are eating carelessly". I looked for it using the expression in quotes on "www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary" , but the tool did not give me what I needed. Thank you in anticipation of your assistance.

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[+3] - centrox - 10/07/2017[quote="iandu76"] Orts means Scraps though old word. See @hightor. [/quote] I know. I suggest you do not use it.

When we want to refer to "food spilt by children eating carelessly", we would probably use exactly that phrase.

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@iandu76,

Kiddie droppin's

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@iandu76,

Bits of food are often referred to as crumbs, but crumbs are tiny, and there's no specific word for food dropped on the floor, not even floor pie.

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Some languages (especially Asian ones) have the ability to express complex ideas in one word, whereas English tends to use phrases.

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@iandu76,

You can also use the old word "orts" but, as izzy and centrox point out, you'd have to use it in a phrase to convey the full meaning.

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Stop making a mess, stop spilling food, clean up the mess or crumbs/scraps/orts of the food you spilt, etc. These are some of what I learn from you. Thank you all for such useful information and discussion they were tremendously helpful.

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I have never heard of the word 'ort' before. I checked. It is shown as "archaic dialect" in dictionaries.

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@centrox,

Orts means Scraps though old word. See @hightor.

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@iandu76,

iandu76 wrote:

Orts means Scraps though old word. See @hightor.

I know. I suggest you do not use it.

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@centrox,

Thank you for the observation, I am learning you know. I removed it from my vocabulary note book.

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@iandu76,

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&channel=mac_bm&q=Kiddie+messy+eating&oq=Kiddie+messy+eating&gs_l=psy-ab.12...40872.44807.0.49211.12.12.0.0.0.0.272.1872.0j11j1.12.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.8.1127...0j0i10k1j0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1.0.3B7KdD78Wo4'

So apparently, 'there's no specific word for food dropped on the floor' as Izzy said. Droppings usu refer to poo

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@iandu76,

Good. It's usually not a good idea to use words that won't be understood.

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@hightor,

Tor thank you for 'ort.' It's not everyday....

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