Schnipsel — meaning in English

English meaning

• clipping noun A small piece cut from something larger, especially an article cut from a newspaper.
• shred noun A small torn or cut strip or fragment of something.
• snippet noun A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

Senses

Schnipsel is used for these senses in English:

• clipping (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
• shred A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
• snippet A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
• snippet (computing) A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.

clipping — full definition

1. noun A small piece cut from something larger, especially an article cut from a newspaper.
2. noun A method of forming new words by shortening a longer word.
3. noun In audio or video, the distortion caused when a signal exceeds a device's maximum level.

shred — full definition

1. noun A small torn or cut strip or fragment of something.
2. verb To cut or tear something into narrow strips or small pieces.

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