shard
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noun
1.
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
2.
Zoology.
a.
a scale.
b.
a shell, as of an egg or snail.
3.
Entomology. an elytron of a beetle.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a broken piece or fragment of a brittle substance, esp of pottery |
| 2. | zoology a tough sheath, scale, or shell, esp the elytra of a beetle |
| [Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch] | |
| sherd or sherd | |
| —n | |
| [Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
shard
O.E. sceard "fragment, gap," from P.Gmc. *skardas, a pp. from the root of O.E. sceran "to cut" (see shear). Cf. Du. schaard "a flaw, a fragment," Ger. Scharte "a notch," Dan. skaar "chink, potsherd." Meaning "fragment of broken earthenware" developed in late O.E. Fr. écharde
"prickle, splinter" is a Gmc. loan-word.
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Example sentences
Some player or fan is going to get a shard through the heart within the next year or two.
The impeccably made lion holds a little diamond shard in his fierce mouth.
Not one more shard of ice need melt to make this a reality.
Silver's foot, was a shard of ancient pottery with traces of paint still on it.
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