fragment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small piece broken off from something larger.

   She found a fragment of rock on the beach.

2. 2
   noun

   A small, incomplete part of something.

   I could only remember fragments of the dream.

3. 3
   verb

   To break into pieces, or to cause something to break apart.

   The plate fragmented when it hit the floor.

From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.

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