nnoun.objecta piece broken off or cut off of something elseDerivationally Related Form:fragmentaryfragmentalfragmentfragmentize
Hypernyms:part piece
Inherited Hypernyms:fragmentpartthingphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:bitbrickbatchipcinderclastclinkercoalemberfilingflakefleckparingrestriction fragmentscrapscrapingshavingsliverspallsparkspawl
Full Hyponyms:bitbrickbatcinderclastdanderdandruffemberfilingiron filingmatchwoodmetal filingparingrestriction fragmentscalescrapingscurfspallsparksplintsplinterturning
nnoun.artifacta broken piece of a brittle artifactSynset:shard sherd
Derivationally Related Form:fragmentaryfragmentalfragment
Hypernyms:piece
Inherited Hypernyms:shardpiecepartobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:potsherd
nnoun.communicationan incomplete pieceDerivationally Related Form:fragmentaryfragmentalfragment
Hypernyms:piece
Inherited Hypernyms:fragmentpiececreationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:bitsnatch
vverb.changebreak or cause to break into piecesSynset:break up fragmentise fragmentize
Derivationally Related Form:fragmentationfragment
Hypernyms:break come apart fall apart separate split up
Inherited Hypernyms:break upbreakchange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:atomiseatomizebraybrecciatecomminutecrumbcrunchcrushgrategrindmashpoundragsliversplintersunder
Full Troponyms:atomizebrecciatebruisechampchawchewchompcrumbcrunchcrushgnashgnawgrategrindmillmumblepestlepoundpulpragsplintersunder
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody of something