fragment

n. piece, part, fraction; segment; sliver

v. be broken into fragments; break into pieces, separate into fragments

Fragment may refer to:A sentence fragmentThe existing remains of a literary text (e.g., a poem), or other work of art. (See unfinished).A fragment in computer graphicsA language fragment (linguistics) is a group of sentences in a language.
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Noun
1. a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
(hypernym) part, piece
(hyponym) bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
(derivation) break up, fragmentize, fragmentise
2. a broken piece of a brittle artifact
(synonym) shard, sherd
(hypernym) piece
(hyponym) potsherd
(derivation) break up, fragmentize, fragmentise
3. an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play"
(hypernym) piece
(hyponym) snatch, bit
(derivation) break up, fragmentize, fragmentise
Verb
1. break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
(synonym) break up, fragmentize, fragmentise
(hypernym) break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
(hyponym) atomize, atomise

n. fragment, piece, part, fraction; segment; sliver

n. fragment, bit, piece; snatch, chip; scrap, shiver