Definitions
A small piece, part, or amount of something.
Word origin
From Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite (“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). More at bite.
Used in a sentence
“A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.”
“router bit”
“chamfering bit”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Computer unit”3 letters
02“Computer's smallest unit”3 letters
03“Drill attachment”3 letters
04“Drill piece”3 letters
05“Small portion”3 letters
06“Tiny piece”3 letters
07“Tiny portion”3 letters
08“Binary digit”3 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
B__