fragment

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæɡmənt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a piece broken off or cut off of something else
  2. noun a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  3. noun an incomplete piece

Etymology

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

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
part
Narrower (hyponyms)
brickbat, ember, spall, spark, restriction fragment, cinder

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