segment

Nouns

  • (n) one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
    • a section of a fishing rod
    • metal sections were used below ground
    • finished the final segment of the road
    section,
  • (n) one of the parts into which something naturally divides
    • a segment of an orange

Verbs

  • (v) divide into segments
    • segment an orange
    • segment a compound word
    section,
  • (v) divide or split up
    • The cells segmented

Synonyms

section

Words of close approximity

segmental segmental arch segmentation segmentation cavity segmented segmented worm