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Definition: Drill Bit |
Drill BitNoun1. A bit used in drilling for oil. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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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. | |
Synonym: Drill BitSynonym: drilling bit (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Drill Bit |
| English words defined with "drill bit": rock bit, roller bit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "drill bit": abrasive formation ♦ bit thrust ♦ carat loss, carat weight, chilled shot, collaring a hole, concave bit, CORE-DRILL OPERATOR, cruciform bit ♦ diamondiferous, down-the-hole drill, drill core, drill feed, drill sharpener, drillability, DRILL-BIT SHARPENER, DRILLER, HAND, driller, portable, drill-press operator ♦ feed pressure, feed ratio, forged bit, FOUNDATION-DRILL OPERATOR ♦ gage size, GOLF-CLUB WEIGHTER ♦ HEEL ATTACHER, WOOD ♦ mud logging ♦ NUMERICAL-CONTROL DRILL OPERATOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS ♦ QUALITY-CONTROL INSPECTOR ♦ reset bit, returning fluid, ROTARY DERRICK OPERATOR ♦ shot-core-drill operator, solid bit, static load, STEMHOLE BORER ♦ test borer, test-hole driller, TREE DRILLER, turbodrill ♦ wash driller, weighter, wood-heel cementer. (references) |
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Consumer Goods |
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| 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 trépano (trepan), broca (auger, bit, bore, borer, broach, piercer, wimble). (various references) сверло (auger, bit, borer, drill, perforator). (various references) trepano, parte de penetrar, cabeza perforadora, cabeza de perforación, broca (broach, drill), barrena de perforación, barrena (aiguille, auger, bore, borer, drill, spin). (various references) fallmejsel, borrmejsel, borrkrona. (various references) matkap ucu (pin bit), kaya burgusu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Drill Bit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: brill bit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 69 6C 6C      42 69 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01000010 01101001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r i l l   B i t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0069 006C 006C      0042 0069 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38847578782367586 |
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