(noun) A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard.
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Kelime: shard Söyleniş:'shärd Variant(s): alsosherd /'sh&rd/ İşlev:noun Kökeni: Middle English, from Old English sceard; akin to Old English scieran to cut -- more at SHEAR 1 a : a piece or fragment of a brittle substance; broadly : a small piece or part b: SHELL, SCALE; especially: ELYTRON 2usually sherd : fragments of pottery vessels found on sites and in refuse deposits where pottery-making peoples have lived 3 : highly angular curved glass fragments of tuffaceous sediments