break-off
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A piece that has come away from a larger object, often suddenly
- noun
- /ˈbreɪkˌɔf/
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fragmento
- He noticed a small break-off from the sculpture lying on the ground.
Examples
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The artist found a break-off piece of ceramic while digging in her garden.
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After the storm, the tree had several break-offs that needed to be removed.
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See this little thing there that's broken off from here?
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I got the shade of floral majority and this actually came kind of broken, like the little top part was actually broken off from the bottom.
How Big
Surface Forms
break-off singular
break-offs plural
Morphology
Etymology
Break-off comes from the simple parts break and off, where break means 'to separate' and off means 'away'. Imagine a piece suddenly breaking away from a larger thing, like a rock or an iceberg, and you have a clear picture of a break-off as the fragment that has come away.