Fragment

/ˈfɹæɡmənt/

Synonyms for "fragment" (300 found)

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Closest matches (60)

Verb(6 words)

fragmentize balkanise balkanizebreak upcrumbled crumple

Noun(11 words)

shard abridge bitsbreak apartbreak upchad chads crumble crumbles crumbs cutup

Determiner(1 words)

a bit

abrade ace ana analects anthology atom atomize beat bit bray breakbreak into piecesbreak to piecesbreak upbrecciate burst butt chip chop chunk

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cleave clip clipping clippings collectanea collection collide collopcome apartcomminute contriturate crash crumb crumble crunch crush cutcut to piecescutting cuttings

Adjective(2 words)

ancient legal codecreative work sample

Strong matches (90)

dab dash debris demolish diffuse disassemble disintegrate dismantle disperse disrupt dole dollop dot dram dribble driblet dwarf end excerpta excerpts

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explode extracts fall farthing fission flake fleck florilegium flour flowers flyspeck fragments gleaningsgo to piecesgob gobbet grain granulate granule granulize grate grindgrind to powdergroat hair handful hunk iota jot levigate littlelittle bitlota lumpmake mincemeat ofmash mill

Noun(22 words)

dependent clausedetachments dewdrop dismembering disuniting dividedivide and conquerdividing excerpt extract flake flakes fragfragmentize lessonfrags frg grummetincomplete sentencejackhammers leta

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lop lops

Adjective(3 words)

disconnected lessondisconnected partsfragmented objective

Verb(8 words)

disintegrated disintegrates disintegrating dismembers disunify disunite fragmentise gabbles

Related words (150)

mince minim minimum minutiae miscellanea miscellany mite modicum moiety molecule morsel mote nutshell ounce paring part particle pash pebble pestle

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pick to piecespiece pinch pittance point portion pound powderpull in piecespull to piecespulverize rasherreduce to powderreduce to rubblerelic remnant rend rive sample scatter scoop scrap scrunch scruple segment shard shatter shaving shiver shred slice sliver smashsmash upsmatter smidgen smitch smithereen smithereens snack snatch snip snippet speck splinter splitsplit upspoonful spot squash squish stitch stump sundertake aparttattertear aparttear to piecestear to shredstear to tattersthimblefultiny bittittle totaltrifling amounttriturate trivia unbuild undo unmake vestige whitwrack upwreck

Noun(49 words)

morsels nibs offcut otides particles particulate particulates passage phrase piecepiece ofpiece the puzzlepiecespottery fragmentpottery remnantragremnant of civilizationremnant patchremnants scrap

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scrapssentence fragmentshards shatter sherd sherdsshort pieceshrapnel shreds shtikl sliver slivering sliverssmall areasmatterings snippet snippets snips spall sparks splinter splintering splinters stub stubs sundering tatters truncate zbit

Determiner(1 words)

no remnants

Adjective(4 words)

partial phrasesmallest portionspicktextile fragment

Verb(2 words)

smashed splintered

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

21 entries

break change clausecome apartdamagefall apartgrammatical errormatter modify object part piece sentence separate

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More specific

15 entries

bone fragmentchipclause fragmentclosing excerptcrackglass shardopening excerptpoetic fragmentpottery fragmentprepositional fragmentsentence fragmentshattersubjectless fragmenttext fragmentverbless fragment

Collocations

10 entries

fragment a paragraphfragment a sentencefragment into piecesfragment of textfragment the textfragmented sentenceglass shardpottery fragmentsentence fragmenttext fragment

Inflections

3 entries

fragmented fragmenting fragments

Derivations

4 entries

fragmentarily fragmentary fragmentation fragmented

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

An idea is an immaterial model of a real or a supposed element of reality. An idea is a fragment of our thoughts. When we think something, that single thought is an idea. Ideas are the atoms of the thoughts, and thoughts are a combination of ideas.

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The young Russian geologist hammered off a piece of the stone and minutely examined it. "Basalt!" he cried rapturously, passing a fragment of the rock to his German colleague.

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There's a tiny fragment that's broken off.

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No man is an island, something complete in itself. Every man is a fragment of the continent, one part of the whole.

Source: tatoeba (6910407)

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