snippet
a small piece
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"By 2000 the average Scottish male might have been called Lewis Brown, had a one in 200 chance of dying before his first birthday and a life expectancy of 74.These SNIPPETS of information were published on Friday in the registrar general's 150th annual report.
(BBC News - 29th July 2005)
(BBC News - 29th July 2005)
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snip-pet
noun
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
Synonyms
chunk, dab, dash, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick, lump, mite, morsel, parcel, part, particle, pinch, portion, sample, scrap, section, segment, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace
noun
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
Synonyms
chunk, dab, dash, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick, lump, mite, morsel, parcel, part, particle, pinch, portion, sample, scrap, section, segment, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace
