حطم

حِطْمَةٌ حطم حطمه حطمة What is broken in pieces, or what one breaks, [accord. to different copies of the K, the former accord. to the reading in the TA,] of a thing that is dry, or tough; (K, TA;) as also ↓ حُطَامَةٌ: (K:) pl. of the former حِطَمٌ: whence صَعْدَةٌ حِطَمٌ [meaning a spear, or spear-shaft, broken in pieces, as is indicated in the TA], in which the term حِطْمَةٌ is regarded as applying to every portion. (K, * TA.) [See حُطَامٌ.]