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fragments

Syllables: frag·ments/ˈfɹæɡmənts/

fragments is the plural of fragment.

fragments is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fragment.

Meaning of fragment

Noun

fragment (plural fragments)

  1. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
    • a fragment of an ancient writing
  2. A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
  3. An incomplete portion of code.
  4. (Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
    • The URL www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment.
  5. A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.

See all 9 meanings of fragment

Phrases with fragments

Questions about fragments

What is fragments the plural of?
Fragments is the plural of fragment.
How do you pronounce fragments?
Fragments is pronounced /ˈfɹæɡmənts/.

Words near fragments in the dictionary

  1. fragmentography
  2. fragmentomic
  3. fragmentomics
  4. fragmentor
  5. fragmentors
  6. fragments
  7. fragnet
  8. fragnets
  9. Fragonardian
  10. fragor
  11. fragors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fragments (page history and authors); fragment (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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