1. a small piece broken off from something larger
2. an incomplete or isolated portion of something

1. to break or cause to break into fragments

Examples

• She found a fragment of ancient pottery in the garden.
• Only fragments of the original manuscript survived the fire.
• The archaeologist carefully examined each bone fragment.
• The poem exists only as fragments in his notebook.
• The explosion caused the rock to fragment into tiny pieces.
• Over time, the old documents began to fragment and crumble.
• Scientists studied fragments of the meteorite that fell last night.