fragment
noun
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
Origin of fragment
Synonyms for fragment
Related Words for fragment
particle, chunk, portion, lump, remnant, shred, hunk, bit, piece, scrap, sliver, disintegrate, splinter, shiver, cut, end, ace, minim, morsel, biteExamples from the Web for fragment
Contemporary Examples of fragment
The fragment is written in Coptic, not Greek, and is not actually from the Bible, as the title would indicate.
It really is startling that not one fragment of an airplane that weighed 250 tons has yet turned up.
A fragment penetrated her shoulder, missing a major artery by an inch.
Day 50 of the search for Flight MH370 has come and gone without one fragment of the Boeing 777 being found.
In a subsequent line the fragment refers to a “Mary” and says that she “is worthy.”
Historical Examples of fragment
Epos, p. 65, places the fragment in the Finn episode, between ll.
BeowulfUnknown
The stone-breaker, who had not broken a fragment since we began to converse, then did as follows.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
It was as if men had been able to preserve a fragment of a sunset.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
I beg your pardon, my dear "Clarinda," for the fragment scrawl I sent you yesterday.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
"I'm sorry you think——" he began, but did not complete the fragment.
Alice AdamsBooth Tarkington