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fragment — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chip noun A small piece broken off a larger object, or the mark left where it broke off.
  • chunk noun A thick, irregular piece or lump of something.
  • flake noun A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off something larger.
  • fragment noun A small broken-off piece of something larger.
  • snippet noun A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
  • split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.

Senses

fragment is used for these senses in English:

  • chip A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  • chunk (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  • flake A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
  • snippet A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
  • split A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.

chip — full definition

  1. noun A small piece broken off a larger object, or the mark left where it broke off.
  2. noun A tiny electronic circuit, or a thin fried slice of potato.
  3. verb To break a small piece off something.
  4. verb To contribute money or effort along with others.

chunk — full definition

  1. noun A thick, irregular piece or lump of something.
  2. noun A large or significant portion of something, such as time or money.
  3. noun A discrete segment of data, such as part of a file or a stream, transferred or processed as one unit.
  4. verb To break something into large pieces.
  5. verb To throw something, especially carelessly.

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