potsherd

[ pot-shurd ]

noun

1. a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.

potsherd

/ ˈpɒtˌʃɜːd; ˈpɒtˌʃɑːd /

noun

1. a broken fragment of pottery

Word History and Origins

Origin of potsherd¹

1275–1325; Middle English; equivalent to pot pot ¹ + sherd, variant of shard

Word History and Origins

Origin of potsherd¹

C14: from pot ¹+ schoord piece of broken crockery; see shard

Example Sentences

In like manner, the painting on the potsherd given above, is made with white clay, and with black clay containing coal.

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This specimen was obtained from a small potsherd picked up near Washington, D.C.

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The potsherd of the earth may strive with the potsherd, but woe to the man that strives with his Maker.

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The piece of potsherd was covered with white enamel, described by Palissy as “singularly beautiful!”

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The material on one only of the three hundred pieces of potsherd had melted, and it was taken out to cool.

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