splinter

Squirt

If liquid squirts, it comes out suddenly and with force, and if you squirt liquid, you make it come out suddenly and with force.

бить струей, разбрызгивать(ся)

Water squirted out all over the floor.

Drop

a small, round-shaped amount of liquid

капля

I felt a few drops of rain.

Dash

a small amount of something, often food

капля, небольшое количество

Add a dash of milk to the sauce.

Smoke:

Puff

when someone breathes in smoke from a cigarette

затяжка

to take a puff on a cigarette

Wisp

a wisp of cloud/smoke/steam › a small, thin line of cloud/smoke/steam

тонкая полоска облаков/струйка дыма/пара

Твердые:

Chunk

a large piece of something

ломоть, большой кусок

a chunk of cheese

a large part of something

большая часть чего-либо

I spend a big chunk of my money on clothes.

Hunk

a piece of something, usually large and not flat or smooth

ломоть, толстый кусок

a hunk of bread

Lump

a piece of a solid substance with no particular shape

кусок, глыба

a lump of coal You don't want lumps in the sauce.

Clod

a piece of soil or clay: Their hoofs threw up clods of earth as they galloped across the field.

Block

a solid piece of something, usually in the shape of a square or rectangle

глыба, чурбан

a block of ice/stone/wood

Тонкий:

Slab

a thick, flat piece of something, especially stone

плита

a slab of concrete

Slice

a flat piece of food that has been cut from a larger piece

кусок, ломоть

a slice of bread/cake/meat

Rasher

a slice of bacon (= meat from a pig)

ломтик бекона

Bar

a small block of something solid

кусок, плитка, слиток

a chocolate bar gold bars

A bit of

a small amount or piece of something

кусочек, небольшое количество

I wrote it down on a bit of paper. There's a little bit more pasta left.

A square of meal

a big, healthy meal

сытная, обильная еда

You need three square meals a day.

segment

one of the parts that something can be divided into

доля, сегмент

a segment of the population/market an orange segment

Crumb

a very small piece of bread, cake, etc

хлебная крошка

Grain

a seed or seeds from types of grass which are eaten as food

зерно

grains of wheat/rice

a very small piece of something

крупинка

a grain of sand/sugar

Pinch

a small amount of a substance that you pick up between your thumb and your first finger

щепотка

a pinch of salt

Speck

a very small spot or a very small amount of something

пятнышко, частичка

a speck of dirt/dust I watched the car until it was just a tiny speck in the distance.

Scrap

a small piece or amount of something

обрывок, клочок

He wrote his phone number on a scrap of paper. I've read every scrap of information I can find on the subject.

Shred

a very small piece that has been torn from something

клочок

[usually plural] She tore the letter to shreds.

splinter

a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, etc which has broken from a large piece

осколок, заноза

I've got a splinter in my finger.

Chip

a long, thin piece of potato that is cooked in oil

ломтик жареного картофеля

[usually plural] fish and chips

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