Fracture Meaning
/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
nounA break in bone or cartilage.
Sentence Examples
The pain from the compound fracture was almost intolerable.
The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor said the X-ray showed a small ____ in the patient's wrist.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The X-ray revealed a small ____ in his wrist after he accidentally fell during the basketball game.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Latin frangō Latin frāctūrus Latin frāctūrader. Old French fracturebor. Middle English fracture English fracture 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51:
"“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."
— 2013, Frank De Blase, Pine Box for a Pin-Up:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor said the X-ray showed a small ____ in the patient's wrist.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The X-ray revealed a small ____ in his wrist after he accidentally fell during the basketball game.