Definition of fragment

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Fragment (v. t.) A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing..

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Scabling :: Scabling (n.) A fragment or chip of stone.
Rubble :: Rubble (n.) Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash..
Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (n.) That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.
Fragmentary :: Fragmentary (a.) Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire..
Gravel-stone :: Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus..
Save-all :: Save-all (n.) Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss..
Impaction :: Impaction (n.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip..
Talus :: Talus (n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
Carbonado :: Carbonado (n.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous..
Smithereens :: Smithereens (n. pl.) Fragments; atoms; smithers.
Scrappy :: Scrappy (a.) Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture..
Chipping :: Chipping (n.) A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
Brecciated :: Brecciated (a.) Consisting of angular fragments cemented together; resembling breccia in appearance.
Callus :: Callus (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece..
Fragment :: Fragment (v. t.) A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing..
Shoad :: Shoad (n.) A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines..
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (a.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together..
Rockery :: Rockery (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants..
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
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