#fragment a piece broken off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
supertype: #physical_part__part__piece a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
subtype: #flake__bit__fleck__scrap a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
subtype: #matchwood fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood
subtype: #scale.flake__scurf a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
subtype: #dander small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
subtype: #dandruff loose scales shed from the scalp; "I could see the dandruff on her shoulders"
subtype: #scurf (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
subtype: #splinter__sliver__flinders a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
subtype: #brickbat.fragment a fragment of brick used as a weapon
subtype: #cinder__clinker a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
subtype: #ember__coal a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
subtype: #filing.fragment a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
subtype: #metal_filing__metalfiling a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file
subtype: #iron_filing a fragment of iron rubbed off by the use of a file
subtype: #sliver__paring__shaving a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
subtype: #splint.sliver a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
subtype: #scraping a fragment scraped off of something and collected (usually plural); "they collected blood scrapings for analysis"
subtype: #spall__spawl a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls"
subtype: #spark a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
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