📖excerpt

noun
/ˈɛksɜːrpt/

Meaning

A short portion taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

Example Sentences

The teacher read an excerpt from the novel.

Synonyms

passage, extract, fragment, quotation

Antonyms

whole, entirety

Collocations

excerpt from book, excerpt from novel, excerpt from speech

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