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- pronunciation:
- fraek
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of breaking or the state of being broken, esp. a bone.
- synonyms:
- break
- similar words:
- breach, crack, division, rift, split
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| definition 2: |
the appearance of the surface of a mineral when it breaks, or the manner in which a mineral breaks.
- similar words:
- rift
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| definition 3: |
a break, crack, or rupture.
- synonyms:
- break, rupture
- similar words:
- crack, fissure, rent, rift
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| related words: |
chink, cleft, flaw, joint |
adjective + (n.)fracture
acute,
associated,
brittle,
broken,
clinical,
closed,
common,
displaced,
facial,
femoral,
fibula,
frequent,
healing,
hip,
increased,
joint,
longitudinal,
multiple,
open,
operative,
painful,
pathologic,
pediatric,
pelvic,
previous,
proximal,
radial,
spinal,
spiral,
stable,
temporal,
tibial,
transverse,
unstable,
upper,
vertebral,
visible
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verb + (n.)fracture
assess, associate, buckle, cause, classify, compound, define, prevent, recover, reduce, repair, stabilize, stress, suffer, sustain
(n.)fracture
+ verb
displace, heal, involve, occur, result, treat
noun + (n.)fracture
ankle,
bone,
cause,
classification,
clavicle,
complication,
compound,
compression,
decrease,
density,
diagnosis,
displacement,
elbow,
eminence,
extremity,
fatigue,
femur,
fixation,
formation,
hairline,
hip,
humerus,
incidence,
increase,
injury,
mandible,
neck,
nonunion,
osteoporosis,
pain,
reduction,
rib,
risk,
shaft,
skull,
sprain,
stress,
surgery,
tibia,
toddler,
trauma,
treatment,
type,
wound,
wrist
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
fractures, fracturing, fractured |
| definition 1: |
to break or cause a break in, esp. a bone.
- synonyms:
- break, crack
- similar words:
- fissure, rift
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| definition 2: |
to cause disorder or disturbance in; disrupt.
- synonyms:
- crack, disrupt, rend
- similar words:
- break, shatter
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| definition 3: |
(slang) to amuse deeply.
That joke really fractured me.The boom of the cannon fractured the silence.- synonyms:
- crack up
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| related words: |
crack, rupture, snap, split, tear |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to break or crack.
The skaters fled the pond as the ice began to fracture.- synonyms:
- break, crack, split
- similar words:
- fissure, rift, rupture, shatter, snap
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| related words: |
break, cleave, split |
adverb + (v.)fracture
badly
(v.)fracture
+ noun
arm, collarbone, relationship, vertebra
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| derivations: |
fracturable (adj.), fractural (adj.) |
The word fracture
contains the following parts:
fract, frag
Latin
root
that means break
  Example words:
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, armature, capture, closure, composure, conjecture, debenture, denture, disclosure, displeasure, enclosure, enrapture, erasure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, indenture, juncture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, nomenclature, picture, posture, pressure, primogeniture, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, stricture, structure, superstructure, tenure, texture, torture, verdure
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