'Fragment' definitions:
Definition of 'fragment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
noun
noun
An incomplete piece; "fragments of a play"
verb
Break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" [syn: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise]
Definition of 'Fragment'
From: GCIDE
- Fragment \Frag"ment\, n. [L. fragmentum, fr. frangere to break: cf. F. fragment. See Break, v. t.] A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing. [1913 Webster]
- Gather up the fragments that remain. --John vi. 12. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fragment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- ace,
- ana,
- analects,
- anthology,
- atom,
- atomize,
- beat,
- bit,
- bray,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- brecciate,
- burst,
- butt,
- chip,
- chunk,
- cleave,
- clip,
- clipping,
- clippings,
- collectanea,
- collection,
- collop,
- come apart,
- comminute,
- contriturate,
- crash,
- crumb,
- crumble,
- crunch,
- crush,
- cut,
- cut to pieces,
- cutting,
- cuttings,
- dab,
- debris,
- demolish,
- diffuse,
- disassemble,
- disintegrate,
- dismantle,
- disperse,
- disrupt,
- dole,
- dollop,
- dot,
- dram,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- dwarf,
- end,
- excerpta,
- excerpts,
- explode,
- extracts,
- farthing,
- fission,
- fleck,
- florilegium,
- flour,
- flowers,
- flyspeck,
- fragments,
- gleanings,
- go to pieces,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- grain,
- granulate,
- granule,
- granulize,
- grate,
- grind,
- grind to powder,
- groat,
- hair,
- handful,
- hunk,
- iota,
- jot,
- levigate,
- little,
- little bit,
- lota,
- lump,
- make mincemeat of,
- mash,
- mill,
- mince,
- minim,
- minimum,
- minutiae,
- miscellanea,
- miscellany,
- mite,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- molecule,
- morsel,
- mote,
- nutshell,
- ounce,
- paring,
- part,
- particle,
- pash,
- pebble,
- pestle,
- pick to pieces,
- piece,
- pinch,
- pittance,
- point,
- portion,
- pound,
- powder,
- pull in pieces,
- pull to pieces,
- pulverize,
- rasher,
- reduce to powder,
- reduce to rubble,
- remnant,
- rend,
- rive,
- scatter,
- scoop,
- scrap,
- scrunch,
- scruple,
- shard,
- shatter,
- shaving,
- shiver,
- shred,
- slice,
- sliver,
- smash,
- smash up,
- smatter,
- smidgen,
- smitch,
- smithereen,
- smithereens,
- snack,
- snatch,
- snip,
- snippet,
- speck,
- splinter,
- split,
- split up,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- squash,
- squish,
- stitch,
- stump,
- sunder,
- take apart,
- tatter,
- tear apart,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to shreds,
- tear to tatters,
- thimbleful,
- tiny bit,
- tittle,
- total,
- trifling amount,
- triturate,
- trivia,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- unmake,
- whit,
- wrack up,
- wreck