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Drill Bit

Definition: Drill Bit

Drill Bit

Noun

1. A bit used in drilling for oil.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Drill Bit

DomainDefinition

Mining

A. One of a number of different types of detachable cutting tools used to cut circular holes in rock, wood, metal, etc. Also called drill crown in Africa and England b. Any device at the lower end of a drill stem, used as a cutting or boring tool in drilling a hole; the cutting edge of a drill.CF:core bit. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Drill Bit

Synonym: drilling bit (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Drill Bit

English words defined with "drill bit": rock bit, roller bit. (references)
Specialty definitions using "drill bit": abrasive formationbit thrustcarat loss, carat weight, chilled shot, collaring a hole, concave bit, CORE-DRILL OPERATOR, cruciform bitdiamondiferous, down-the-hole drill, drill core, drill feed, drill sharpener, drillability, DRILL-BIT SHARPENER, DRILLER, HAND, driller, portable, drill-press operatorfeed pressure, feed ratio, forged bit, FOUNDATION-DRILL OPERATORgage size, GOLF-CLUB WEIGHTERHEEL ATTACHER, WOODmud loggingNUMERICAL-CONTROL DRILL OPERATOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDSQUALITY-CONTROL INSPECTORreset bit, returning fluid, ROTARY DERRICK OPERATORshot-core-drill operator, solid bit, static load, STEMHOLE BORERtest borer, test-hole driller, TREE DRILLER, turbodrillwash driller, weighter, wood-heel cementer. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Drill Bit

DomainTitle

Consumer Goods

  • Black & Decker FSC414K-2 Firestorm 14.4-Volt, 4-Tool Kit--plus Free 100 Piece Power Drill Bit Set, a $19.99 Value (reference)

  • Black & Decker 14260 60-Piece Multi-Purpose Bullet Drill Bit Set (reference)

  • Black & Decker 14324 3/8" Bullet Drill Bit (reference)

  • Milwaukee 48-89-0050 Heavy Duty 29-Piece Cobalt Jobbers Twist Drill Bit Sets (reference)

  • Yukon Tool YT29CD 29-Piece Cobalt Drill Bit Set (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Drill Bit

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Drill Bit

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

drill bit

340

flexible drill bit

9

drill bit sharpener

48

left handed drill bit

9

diamond drill bit

41

drill bit chart

8

carbide drill bit

24

sharpen drill bit

7

drill bit size

22

drill bit extension

7

masonry drill bit

21

drill bit size chart

6

glass drill bit

20

dewalt drill bit

6

drill bit set

19

rock drill bit

6

cobalt drill bit

19

step drill bit

6

forstner drill bit

15

high speed drill bit

5

drill bit wood

15

rodman drill bit

5

drill bit sharpeners

15

diamond tip drill bit

5

metric drill bit

15

brad point drill bit

5

drill bit sharpening

13

hanson drill bit

5

titanium drill bit

12

left hand drill bit

5

diamond core drill bit

11

micro drill bit

5

long drill bit

11

drill bit holder

5

concrete drill bit

10

sds drill bit

4

metal drill bit

9

drill bit for stainless steel

4

black decker drill bit

9

auger drill bit

4

hammer drill bit

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Drill Bit

Language Translations for "drill bit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏قطعة من قماش الدريل القطني. (various references)

   

Danish

  

borekrone, borehoved. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kroon (chandelier, crown, summit, surface, top), boorstift, boorbeitel (drilling bit), beitel (chisel). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

poran terä. (various references)

   

French

  

trépan (drill, drillbit), outil de sondeuse (drilling bit). (various references)

   

German

  

Schlagmeißel, Meißelbohrer, Meißel (chisel, chisels), Bohrmeißel (drilling bit). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κοπτικό διάτρησης, άκρο τρυπανιού. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tagliente (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, biting, clipping, cutting, edgy, keen, lurid, nipping, sharp, slicing, stridently, trenchant), scalpello da sonda (drilling bit). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

立錐 (jam-packed, setting a drill bit, tightly packed). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

りっすい (jam-packed, setting a drill bit, tightly packed). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

illdray itbay

   

Portuguese

  

trépano (trepan), broca (auger, bit, bore, borer, broach, piercer, wimble). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сверло (auger, bit, borer, drill, perforator). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

trepano, parte de penetrar, cabeza perforadora, cabeza de perforación, broca (broach, drill), barrena de perforación, barrena (aiguille, auger, bore, borer, drill, spin). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fallmejsel, borrmejsel, borrkrona. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

matkap ucu (pin bit), kaya burgusu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Drill Bit

Misspellings

"Drill Bit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: brill bit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Drill Bit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-i-i-l-l-r-t"

-3 letters: brill, drill, libri, trill.

-4 letters: bill, bird, birl, brit, dill, dirl, dirt, drib, irid, lilt, liri, rill, till, tirl.

-5 letters: bid, bit, dib, dit, ill, lib, lid, lit, rib, rid, til.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-i-i-l-l-r-t"
 

+3 letters: fibrillated.

 

+4 letters: defibrillate, drillability.

 

+5 letters: antibillboard, defibrillated, defibrillates, defibrillator, solderability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Drill Bit


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 72 69 6C 6C      42 69 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01110010 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01000010 01101001 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#114 &#105 &#108 &#108 &#32 &#66 &#105 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0072 0069 006C 006C      0042 0069 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38847578782367586

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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