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   fragment

   noun

   • 1. a small part broken off or separated from something: "small fragments of pottery" Similar piecebitparticlespeckchipshardsliversplintershavingparingsnippetscrapoffcutflakeshredtatterwispmorselshiverspillikinsmithereensskelftechnical:spall
   • ▪ an isolated or incomplete part of something: "Nathan remembered fragments of the conversation" Similar snatchsnippetscrapbitsmatteringextractexcerptpartsectionchaptermovement

   verb

   • 1. break or cause to break into fragments: "Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere ‘to break’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • F

     4

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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