See section in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
One of the parts into which something is divided:
division, member, part, piece, portion, segment, subdivision. See partA part severed from a whole:
cut, piece, portion, segment, slice. See partA particular subdivision of a written work:
part, passage, segment. See partA thin piece, especially of tissue, suitable for microscopic examination:
slice. See part
verb
To make a division into parts, sections, or branches:
break up, dissever, divide, part, partition, segment, separate. See assemble, part
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