verb / noun / adjective

split

SPLIT/splɪt/

A separation into distinct parts.

A woman splits a small bread roll in two with her hands.

A woman pulls a small bread roll apart with both hands, revealing two separating halves and a few freshly torn strands of soft crumb.

Etymology

Probably from a Low German source such as Middle Dutch splitten, split initially meant cleaving something lengthwise. That specific direction of breaking broadened into the general sense of dividing something into parts.

In context

Dr Duncan James2:17

so it's split into three parts through exactly the same length

Parallelogram Trisector Discussion

More examples

We split the bill equally among four friends.
A split in the club creates two rival groups.
She stacks the split logs beside the fireplace.

Forms

split · splits · splitting

splitter noun — A device that divides something into parts.

Similar words

divide: Divide is broader and need not suggest a physical break.
separate: Separate emphasizes moving things apart rather than breaking a whole.
division: Division emphasizes the act or arrangement of making separate parts.