fragment

[ThomasSlege]

break or cause to break into pieces

[Urukdaf 0]

a piece broken off or cut off of something else

[sumon9999]

a broken piece of a brittle artifact

[ScottLer]

an incomplete piece

[Dianne]

A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

[Anthonyacox]

To cause to be broken into pieces.

[JustiniaNex]

frag′ment, n. a piece broken off: an unfinished portion.—adj. Frag′mental (also -ment′).—adv. Frag′mentarily.—n. Frag′mentariness.—adjs. Frag′mentary, Frag′mented, consisting of fragments or pieces: broken. [Fr.,—L. fragmentum, frangĕre, to break.]