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shard

Also sherd

[shahrd]

noun

  1. a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.

  2. Zoology.

    1. a scale.

    2. a shell, as of an egg or snail.

  3. Entomology.an elytron of a beetle.



shard

/ ʃɑː /

noun

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shard1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceard; cognate with Low German, Dutch schaard; akin to shear
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shard1

Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch
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At least one car window was shattered, sending glass shards shooting into the crowd.

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At least 17 glass-covered light boxes surrounding the structure were busted, with broken shards of blue-gray glass covering the light fixtures.

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The Fried Chicken Club salad doesn’t mess around either — crispy fried chicken crackling with every bite, tangled in mixed greens, smoky shards of bacon and bold blue cheese crumbles.

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Or build a composed salad on top of it — say, a swoop of purée topped with Little Gem, toasted pistachios, shards of Manchego and morsels of dried cherries.

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Anna Lippman, a delegate for the activist group, shared video showing an alternate angle of the confrontation and tweeted photos of a vehicle with shards of glass in the passenger seats.

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