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bit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bit noun A small piece or amount of something.
  • chunk noun A thick, irregular piece or lump of something.
  • piece noun A part of something larger, especially one that can be separated from the rest.
  • wedge noun A piece of material, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge, used to split, tighten, or lever things apart.

Senses

bit is used for these senses in English:

  • bit A portion of something.
  • chunk A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
  • piece A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
  • wedge A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.

bit — full definition

  1. noun A small piece or amount of something.
  2. noun The smallest unit of digital information, representing a 0 or a 1.
  3. verb Past tense of "bite".

chunk — full definition

  1. noun A thick, irregular piece or lump of something.
  2. noun A large or significant portion of something, such as time or money.
  3. noun A discrete segment of data, such as part of a file or a stream, transferred or processed as one unit.
  4. verb To break something into large pieces.
  5. verb To throw something, especially carelessly.

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