cantles

noun

plural of cantle
as in fragments

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  1. fragments
  2. fractions
  3. shreds
  4. pieces
  5. scraps
  6. sections
  7. segments
  8. leftovers
Noun
  • Drones or fragments of them were found on Romanian territory 27 times so far this year, the ministry said, a significant increase compared with the 16 such discoveries in all of 2025.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • As the Danube waters shrank in Bulgaria, researchers were thrilled to find and recover a jawbone, tusks, a shoulder blade, ribs and other bone fragments belonging to an extinct woolly mammoth buried deep in the sand.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of fragments
Noun
  • Protecting pilot vision A nuclear weapon produces an intense burst of thermal and visible light within fractions of a second after detonation.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • First, Chinese inference providers keep pushing per-token costs down toward fractions of a cent, which is not only about winning customers away from US providers.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of fractions
Noun
  • The pork chop came with an unfamiliar vegetable, shreds of a green stalk.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • How to Grate Zucchini Once grated, the one large zucchini for this recipe should come out to about 1 ¾ cups of shreds.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026
Definition of shreds
Noun
  • The companies also plan to bring pieces of DRX’s existing academy setup to Indonesia, with organized coaching, camps held in Korea and routes for Indonesian players to break into the region’s pro gaming circuit.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Estimating their value is difficult as comparable pieces rarely go on public auction.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of pieces
Noun
  • Their mother, Avie Lee, would sew scraps of fabric together to make clothes for the family.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The foundational text of Parton’s career, this 1971 single lovingly details her mother’s make-do resilience, stitching a fall coat from scraps of cloth in the spirit of a beloved Bible story.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of scraps
Noun
  • The Draco pad includes miles of drilling, and Erie still owns the mineral rights beneath several small sections of land that extend underneath neighborhoods.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • This prize will acquire work from the Presents sections, which this year features 55 emerging galleries.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of sections
Noun
  • The first two belong to the same patent family and concern tools used to assemble digital garments from two-dimensional pattern pieces, including functions that help designers match the lengths of segments being virtually sewn together.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • To be sure, not all segments of the sportswear industry are troubled.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of segments
Noun
  • While many failed to meet our expectations, my team has managed to find some genuinely resilient containers for storing leftovers, packing lunches, and batching meal prep.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Versant retains Comcast’s cable leftovers and the digital assets.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of leftovers
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“Cantles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantles. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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