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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

thing go
a separate and self-contained entity

part, piece go
a portion of a natural object

fragment
a piece broken off or cut off of something else

noun.object

11 Subcategories

chip, scrap, bit, fleck, flake go
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
brickbat go
a fragment of brick used as a weapon
clinker, cinder go
a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
clast go
(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
ember, coal go
a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
filing go
a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
shaving, paring, sliver go
a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
restriction fragment go
the fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme
scraping go
(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
spall, spawl go
a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge
spark go
a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction