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   fragment

   noun

   • 1. a small part broken off or separated from something: "small fragments of pottery" Similar piecebitparticlespeckchipshardsliversplintershavingparingsnippetscrapoffcutflakeshredtatterwispmorselshiverspillikinsmithereensskelftechnical:spall
   • ▪ an isolated or incomplete part of something: "Nathan remembered fragments of the conversation" Similar snatchsnippetscrapbitsmatteringextractexcerptpartsectionchaptermovement

   verb

   • 1. break or cause to break into fragments: "Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere ‘to break’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFRAGMENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   A fragment is a small piece or part, especially when broken from something whole. Learn how to use the word fragment as a noun or a verb, and see examples and collocations with fragment in different contexts.

   • English (US)

     FRAGMENT meaning: 1. a small piece or a part, especially...

   • Znaczenie Fragment, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     FRAGMENT definicja: 1. a small piece or a part, especially...

   • Fragment: French Translation

     fragment translate: fragment [masculine], fragment...

   • Fragment: Malay Translation

     FRAGMENT translate: kepingan, tidak siap, pecah. Learn more...

   • Fragment: Thai Translation

     FRAGMENT translate: ส่วนที่แตกออกมา, ส่วนหนึ่งที่ไม่สมบูรณ์,...

   • Fragment: German Translation

     fragment translate: das Bruchstück, das Fragment,...

   • Fragment: Catalan Translation

     fragment translate: tros, fragment. Learn more in the...

   • Fragment: Indonesian Translation

     FRAGMENT translate: kepingan, bagian, pecah. Learn more in...

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fragmentFragment Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   A fragment is a part broken off, detached, or incomplete, or a sentence fragment. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of fragment as a noun and a verb.

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5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › FragmentFragment - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   A fragment is a small piece that’s come off a larger whole, and to fragment is to break. If your teacher writes "frag" on your paper, you've got an incomplete sentence.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › fragmentFRAGMENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   A fragment is a small piece or part, especially when broken from something whole. Learn how to use the word fragment as a noun and a verb, and see examples and collocations with fragment in different contexts.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › fragmentFRAGMENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A fragment is a small piece or part of something, or something that breaks into small pieces. Learn more about the word fragment, its pronunciation, usage, and related terms with Collins English Dictionary.

8. www.dictionary.com › browse › fragmentFRAGMENT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

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   Fragment definition: a part broken off or detached. See examples of FRAGMENT used in a sentence.

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   What is the difference between segment and fragment?

   • segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage. fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off. Noun The dish lay in fragments on the floor. I could only hear fragments of their conversation. Verb The party is fragmenting into warring factions.

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   What is the difference between a fragment and a clay particle?

   • A fragment is a solid piece of something which has broken off from a structure, component, or vessel. In the preliminary stages of rock crushing, the fragments are large and angular. The clay particle is a fragment of the crushed rock with no particular crystalline form or shape.

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   What does fragment mean?

   • ส่วนที่แตกออกมา, ส่วนหนึ่งที่ไม่สมบูรณ์, แตกกระจายออกเป็นชิ้น ๆ… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! FRAGMENT definition: 1. a small piece or a part, especially when broken from something whole: 2. to break something…. Learn more.

   FRAGMENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   What is a fragment in a poem?

   • The following definition of the term fragment is reprinted from A Poet's Glossary by Edward Hirsch. A part broken off, something cut or detached from the whole, something imperfect. Much of the work of the ancients comes down to us in fragments and tatters, cut pieces. As W. R. Johnson puts it in The Idea of Lyric (1982):

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   What is the difference between a fragment and a bone fragment?

   • A fragment is a piece that has been broken off of or detached from something else. Fragment most commonly refers to a part that has broken off rather than one that has been separated gently or intentionally, as in The vase smashed into a million fragments. A bone fragment is a (usually small) piece that has been chipped off from a bone.

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   What was a fragment of the road covered with?

   • fragment of The road was covered with fragments of glass from the shattered window. fragment of Literary scholars are piecing together her last unpublished novel from fragments of a recently discovered manuscript. The satellite will fragment and burn up as it falls through the earth's atmosphere. His day was fragmented by meetings and phone calls.

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10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionfragment noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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    Definition of fragment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.