fragment
184
3.2
- noun
- /ˈfræɡmənt/
:
fragmento
- A fragment of a tooth, one they say couldn't have come from any bear.
- glass fragments
- pottery fragments
- mosaic fragments
He'll tell us we are actually fragments or parts of God.
- He'll tell us we are actually fragments or parts of God.
- What's great is that each little fragment has a different ending.
- We have tiny, tiny little fragments, little bits and pieces.
- But you heard just a little fragment of their beginnings from Stephanie.
- And this is a fragment of Roman tile or brick.
- He had bullet fragments in his hair, no flesh wounds.
- It is not very easy to put back the glass fragments together very kind of neatly.
- Why is it not just falling apart into fragments and shattering?
- Hair attached backwards as spider legs to make a fragment of a head.
- So just just bullet fragments in your leg.
- Instead you have these kind of fragments and you try and create a narrative around it.
Examples
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The archaeologists discovered a fragment of ancient pottery during their excavation.
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Some bone fragments turned up in the sift this morning.
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Only a fragment of it is showing.
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All they ever found was a fragment.
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Here is a a fragment from one of his poems.
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The fragment of a planet from the beginning of creation, back from the origin of the solar system.
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And this is a fragment of Roman tile or brick.
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You can see here and there some fragments of a freeze.
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Lying on the floor in big close-up, we see a small fragment of Rachel's dress.
Fiction book (1992) -
The dust consists of tiny metal fragments, bits of rock, and, further out, ices.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A part broken or cut from something larger, like a bit of fruit
501
3.0
A part of something that is separate from the whole, like a piece of an orange
449
2.1
A part of something that belongs to one person or group
179
2.1
A small piece left over or thrown away
130
2.1
A small piece broken off an object, often leaving a mark
104
4.2
A small piece, often cloth, left when the rest is used or thrown away
102
7.5
A leftover piece of cloth used for sewing or crafts
57
3.5
A very small amount or piece that is almost nothing
47
4.9
A sharp broken piece of glass or pottery
36
4.8
A small piece of text or information that comes from something larger
9
3.7
A small piece left after most of a pencil, cigarette, or candle is used
1
7.4
A small broken piece of an object, like coral or pottery
1
9.9
A broken piece of pottery found at old sites
A piece that has come away from a larger object, often suddenly
Small thin pieces that break off when something is smashed
A small piece left at the very end of cloth or ribbon
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small piece of DNA made by cutting a DNA strand with a special enzyme
How Big
130
2.1
184
3.2
- Specialized
16
2.0
2
3.8
220
1.0
706
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fragment comes from an old Latin word frangere meaning 'to break', and you can see the same root in fragile and fracture. So a fragment is a small broken piece left from something larger.