fragment
noun
• a small part broken off or separated from something.
• "small fragments of pottery"
Similar:
piece,
bit,
particle,
speck,
chip,
shard,
sliver,
splinter,
shaving,
paring,
snippet,
scrap,
offcut,
flake,
shred,
tatter,
wisp,
morsel,
shiver,
spillikin,
smithereens,
skelf,
spall,
fragment
verb
• break or cause to break into fragments.
• "Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes"
Similar:
break up,
break,
break into pieces,
crack open/apart,
shatter,
splinter,
fracture,
burst apart,
explode,
blow apart,
implode,
disintegrate,
come to pieces,
fall to pieces,
fall apart,
collapse,
break down,
tumble down,
smash,
smash to smithereens,
bust,
spall,
shiver,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere ‘to break’.
