1. (

• fragment ,

) a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" ;

2. (

• shard ,
• sherd ,
• fragment

) a broken piece of a brittle artifact ;

3. (

• fragment

) an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" ;

1. (

• break_up ,
• fragment ,
• fragmentize ,
• fragmentise

) break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" ;