fracture

CEFRC1

/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A crack or break in a bone or hard object.

  2. 02

    verb

    To crack or break something, especially a bone.

Examples

  • The pain from the compound fracture was almost intolerable.

  • The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfɹʷæk.tʰjəɹ]
  • [ˈfɹʷæk.t͡ʃʰɚ] ~ [ˈfɹʷæk.t͡ʃʰɹ̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A break in bone or cartilage.

  2. A fault or crack in a rock.

  3. An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.

More examples

In context

  • “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.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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.