spade bit

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   a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side

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Questions about spade bit

What does spade bit mean?

spade bit means "a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side".

Is spade bit a common word?

spade bit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.