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snippet

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snip·pet  (snpt)
n.
1. A bit, scrap, or morsel: "sparkling black bass ... strewn with snippets of coriander and basil" (Gael Greene).
2. Informal A small or mischievous person.

snippet [ˈsnɪpɪt]
n
a small scrap or fragment
[from snip + -et]
snippetiness  n
snippety  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.snippet - a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)snippet - a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

snippet
noun piece, scrap, fragment, part, particle, snatch, shred I read a snippet she had cut from a magazine.
Translations
snippet [ˈsnɪpɪt] N [of cloth, paper] → pedacito m, recorte m; [of information, conversation etc] → retazo m, fragmento m
"Snippets" (= heading in press etc) → Breves, Noticias Breves

snippet [ˈsnɪpɪt] nbribes fpl

snippet
nStückchen nt; (of paper also)Schnipsel m or nt; (of information)(Bruch)stück nt; snippets of (a) conversationGesprächsfetzen pl

snippet [ˈsnɪpɪt] n (of cloth, paper) → ritaglio; (of information, conversation) → frammento

snippet snip


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She went round the farm- garden, nibbling off snippets of all the different sorts of herbs that are used for stuffing roast duck.
 
 
 
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