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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Rag :: Rag (n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
Junk :: Junk (n.) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.
Rockery :: Rockery (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants..
Avulsion :: Avulsion (n.) A fragment torn off.
Bort :: Bort (n.) Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work..
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..
Ichthyolite :: Ichthyolite (n.) A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish..
Shell :: Shell (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb..
Analecta :: Analecta (n. pl.) A collection of literary fragments.
Bone :: Bone (n.) One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body..
Clout :: Clout (n.) A piece; a fragment.
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..
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking..
Roche Alum :: Roche alum () A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; -- so called from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; -- also called rock alum..
Remnant :: Remnant (a.) A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.
Cantle :: Cantle (n.) A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.
Voiding :: Voiding (n.) That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
Flitter :: Flitter (v. i.) A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
Rubble :: Rubble (n.) A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock..
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