fragment

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fragment • noun   1. fragments of glass from the bowl synonyms : piece, part, particle, chip, chink, shard, sliver, splinter, smithereen.
  2. a fragment of cloth synonyms : scrap, bit, snip, snippet, wisp, tatter.
  3. find the fragments of a book synonyms : remnant, remainder, fraction; remains, shreds.   USAGE NOTES   fraction, part, piece, portion, section, segment

The whole is equal to the sum of its parts — part being a general term for any of the components of a whole. But how did the whole come apart? Fragment suggests that breakage has ...

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