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potsherd

[pot-shurd]

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noun

a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English; equivalent to pot pot¹ + sherd, variant of shard

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potsherd or potshard (ˈpɒtˌʃɜːd, ˈpɒtˌʃɑːd)

—n
	a broken fragment of pottery

[C14: from pot¹ + schoord piece of broken crockery; see shard]

potshard or potshard

—n

[C14: from pot¹ + schoord piece of broken crockery; see shard]

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potsherd

early 14c., from pot (1) + schoord, from O.E. sceard (see shard).

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