Fragment definition
An example of fragment is to break a cookie up into pieces to share.
An example of a fragment is a piece of pottery found in a digging site.
An example of a fragment is a few beats of a song.
An example of a fragment is an unfinished letter.
A fragment of a song.
Overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.
After the election, the coalition fragmented.
Origin of fragment
- Middle English from Latin fragmentum from frangere frag- to break bhreg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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