fragment

1. 1.

   break or cause to break into pieces

   “The plate fragmented”

   Synonymsbreak upfragmentizefragmentise

   Broaderbreak

   Narroweratomizegrindpoundsundersplinterragcrumbbrecciatecrushgrate

Other forms of fragment

plural

fragments·

past tense

fragmented·

present participle

fragmenting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fragment

What does fragment mean?

fragment means "a piece broken off or cut off of something else". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fragment?

fragment has 2 syllables: frag-ment. The stress falls on "frag". In IPA it is /ˈfɹæɡmənt/.

What is another word for fragment?

Close synonyms include shard, sherd, break up, fragmentize, fragmentise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fragment a common word?

fragment is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.