bite-size
Americanadjective
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small enough to fit in the mouth or be consumed in one or two bites.
bite-size candies.
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very small.
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quickly or easily comprehended, resolved, etc..
bite-size problems.
Example Sentences
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And bite-size, bean-shaped cavatelli goes well with shellfish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
He was tasked with cutting together the company’s TV broadcasts into bite-size, BuzzFeed-style clips designed to juice virality.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025
There are, of course, more pressing things happening in our country than sports pageantry and bite-size, 30-second doses of capitalism.
From Salon • Feb. 10, 2025
Kenny Chesney takes “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” — which, as bite-size philosophies go, is up there with the best.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024
She cut the rest of the caribou leg into bite-size chunks and stored them in her sled.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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