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fragment

/ˈfɹæɡmənt/noun, verb2 syllables

Fragment means: break or cause to break into pieces.

Synonyms for fragment14

noun, as in a broken piece of a brittle artifact

shard, sherd

verb, as in break or cause to break into pieces

break up, fragmentize, fragmentise

also used for fragment

chip, lump, bit, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting

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What does fragment mean?4

verb

1

break or cause to break into pieces“The plate fragmented”

noun

1

a broken piece of a brittle artifact

2

a piece broken off or cut off of something else“a fragment of rock”

3

an incomplete piece“fragments of a play”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Fragment in a sentence

  • To ensure success, it's better to join forces than to fragment or divide them.menaud
  • After he bumped into the shelf, the priceless china fell and shattered into fragments.unknown
  • These fragments belong to a vase which has broken, unfortunately.sundown
  • The doctor performed surgery to remove the metal fragment.menaud
  • Fragments of the mirror were scattered on the floor.spockofvulcan
  • He tried to put the fragments of a broken vase together.CK
  • It will help you pull together the scattered fragments of your memories.unknown
  • A few fragments of dead leaves floated on the pond.konkorde

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of fragment

as a noun

plural
fragments

as a verb

past tense
fragmented
present participle
fragmenting
third-person singular
fragments