fragment
English Thesaurus
1. a broken piece of a brittle artifact (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | piece, |
| definition | : | a separate part of a whole (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | potsherd, |
| definition | : | a shard of pottery (noun.artifact) |
2. an incomplete piece (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | piece, |
| definition | : | an artistic or literary composition (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | bit, snatch, |
| definition | : | a small fragment (noun.communication) |
3. a piece broken off or cut off of something else (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | part, piece, |
| definition | : | a portion of a natural object (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap, |
| definition | : | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | brickbat, |
| definition | : | a fragment of brick used as a weapon (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | cinder, clinker, |
| definition | : | a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | clast, |
| definition | : | (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | coal, ember, |
| definition | : | a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | filing, |
| definition | : | a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | paring, shaving, sliver, |
| definition | : | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | restriction fragment, |
| definition | : | the fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | scraping, |
| definition | : | (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | spall, spawl, |
| definition | : | a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | spark, |
| definition | : | a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction (noun.object) |
4. break or cause to break into pieces (verb.change)
| hyponym | : | atomise, atomize, |
| definition | : | break up into small particles (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | pound, |
| definition | : | break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | sunder, |
| definition | : | break apart or in two, using violence (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | sliver, splinter, |
| definition | : | break up into splinters or slivers (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | rag, |
| definition | : | break into lumps before sorting (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | crumb, |
| definition | : | break into crumbs (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | brecciate, |
| definition | : | break into breccia (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | crush, |
| definition | : | break into small pieces (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | grate, grind, |
| definition | : | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together (verb.contact) |
5. a broken piece of a brittle artifact (noun.artifact)
6. an incomplete piece (noun.communication)
7. a piece broken off or cut off of something else (noun.object)
8. break or cause to break into pieces (verb.change)
| derivation | : | fragment, shard, sherd, |
| definition | : | a broken piece of a brittle artifact (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | fragment, |
| definition | : | an incomplete piece (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | fragmentation, |
| definition | : | the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | fragment, |
| definition | : | a piece broken off or cut off of something else (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | fragmentation, |
| definition | : | (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | fragmentation, |
| definition | : | the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships (noun.state) |
9. a broken piece of a brittle artifact (noun.artifact)
10. an incomplete piece (noun.communication)
11. a piece broken off or cut off of something else (noun.object)
12. break or cause to break into pieces (verb.change)
| derivation | : | fragment, shard, sherd, |
| definition | : | a broken piece of a brittle artifact (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | fragment, |
| definition | : | an incomplete piece (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | fragmentation, |
| definition | : | the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | fragment, |
| definition | : | a piece broken off or cut off of something else (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | fragmentation, |
| definition | : | (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | fragmentation, |
| definition | : | the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships (noun.state) |
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