Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: fragment
IPA transcription: [fɹ'æɡmənt]
Pronunciations of fragment
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: fragment
    Meaning: a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
  • Synonyms: shard, sherd, fragment
    Meaning: a broken piece of a brittle artifact
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: break_up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
    Meaning: break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
Usage examples
  • Another fragment.
  • It was a fragment of about three or four pounds.
  • It was only a rag, a long, raveled fragment of cloth.
  • A man was he, and only a poor fragment of a man and ego.
  • Rose yawned again, and then hummed a fragment of a popular song.
  • He makes that into dubbin." She nodded towards the fragment on the grass.
  • A fragment of old Egypt had returned--a little portion of that vast Body of Belief that once was Egypt.
  • A fragment of the Babylonian flood story, coming from at least as early as 2000 B.C., has recently been discovered.
  • But at first, so deeply had his soul been dipped in this fragment of ancient worship, he could remember nothing more.
  • But suppose one day someone were to find a potsherd here from early Knossos, or a fragment of glass from Pepi's Egypt."
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Manchester, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hyperion (moon), License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Saint Peter, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Folding@home, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories, License CC BY-SA 4.0