fracture
NOUNVERB
/frækʧər/
8 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH F
fracture is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4R1A1C3T1U1R1E1
4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does fracture mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
Breaking of hard tissue such as bone.
“it was a nasty fracture”
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2
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
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3
The act of cracking something.
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VERB · 6 SENSES
1
Fracture a bone of.
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2
Become fractured.
“The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe”
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3
Break (a bone).
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4
Break into pieces.
“The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle”
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5
Interrupt, break, or destroy.
“fracture the balance of power”
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6
Violate or abuse.
“This writer really fractures the language”
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