fracture
Syllables: frac·tureUK/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː//ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃɚ/
fracture noun: an instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
Noun
fracture (plural fractures)
- An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- Hall found the immediate cause at Rickerscote to have been the complete fracture of an axle on STS 53241, the freight train's ninth wagon. The fracture had been caused by fatigue initiated by corrosion pitting on the axle surface.2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51
- A break in bone or cartilage.
- A fault or crack in a rock.
Verb
fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)
- To break, or cause something to break.
- To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.
- “You fracture me, Frankie,” Patsy said. “You should take that act on the road. Howsabout now?” This is the way it would go whenever I showed up at Patsy's, a dual of digs and wisecracks with the disapproving groans of those within earshot.2013, Frank De Blase, Pine Box for a Pin-Up
fracture meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
fracture in Hindi
- (medicine) a break in a bone or cartilage
- अस्थिभंग asthibhaṅg, शिकस्त śikast
fracture in Tamil
- act of breaking, or something broken
- முறிவு muṟivu
- (medicine) a break in a bone or cartilage
- முறிவு muṟivu
- (geology) fault
- பிளவு piḷavu, பிளப்பு piḷappu
fracture in Urdu
- (medicine) a break in a bone or cartilage
- شِکَسْت śikast
fracture in Bengali
- (medicine) a break in a bone or cartilage
- ভঙ্গ bhoṅgo, অস্থিভঙ্গ osthibhoṅgo
More languagesFewer languages
- fracture in Malayalam
- ഭംഗം, വിഭംഗം, വിഭംഗനം, ഭംഗനം
- fracture in Kannada
- ಮುರಿತ, ಮೂಳೆ ಮುರಿತ, ಸೀಳು ಬಿಡು, ಒದೆತ
- fracture in Sanskrit
- अस्थिभङ्ग asthibhaṅga
- fracture in Assamese
- ভাঙা bhaṅa, ভাগা bhaga, ভঙা bhoṅa, ভগা bhoga
- fracture in Arabic
- كَسْر kasr, اِنْكِسَار inkisār, يكسر, ينكسر
- fracture in Malay
- fraktur, patah tulang
- fracture in Indonesian
- fraktur
- fracture in Thai
- กระดูกหัก grà-dùuk-hàk
- fracture in Vietnamese
- gãy xương
Examples of fracture in a sentence
- A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion.
- Three casualties were admitted with suspected fractures in their heads.
- Hemotympanum is often the result of basilar skull fracture.
Forms of fracture
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fractures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fractures |
| present participle | fracturing |
| past participle | fractured |
| past | fractured |
Origin of fracture
From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin frāctūra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle frāctus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.
Words formed from fracture
- antifracture
- Bennett fracture
- Bennett's fracture
- boxer's fracture
- brittle fracture
- chalkstick fracture
- Colles' fracture
- complicated fracture
- compound fracture
- compression fracture
- cryofracture
- Don Juan fracture
- ductile fracture
- Dupuytren's fracture
- fractural
- fracture mechanics
- fracture plane
- fractureproof
- Galeazzi fracture
- greenstick fracture
- hairline fracture
- hangman's fracture
- hip fracture
- Holstein-Lewis fracture
- hydrofracture
- incomplete fracture
- Jones fracture
- Lisfranc fracture
- macrofracture
- Maisonneuve fracture
- microfracture
- mono-fracture
- multifracture
- nanofracture
- nightstick fracture
- nonfracture
- oblique fracture
- open fracture
- pilon fracture
- postfracture
- Pott's fracture
- prefracture
- pseudofracture
- Rolando fracture
- Salter-Harris fracture
- simple fracture
- Smith's fracture
- stress fracture
- tracheal fracture
- vowel fracture
- refracture
- fractile
- fracturable
- nonfracturing
Phrases with fracture
Questions about fracture
- What does fracture mean?
- Fracture means an instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- What is fracture in Hindi?
- Fracture in Hindi is अस्थिभंग (asthibhaṅg), शिकस्त (śikast). See Fracture meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fracture?
- Fracture can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fracture?
- Fracture is pronounced /ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fracture?
- The plural of fracture is fractures.
Words near fracture in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fracture (page history and authors); fracture (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fracture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ভগা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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