potsherd

American

[pot-shurd] / ˈpɒtˌʃɜrd /

noun

a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.

potsherd British

/ ˈpɒtˌʃɜːd, ˈpɒtˌʃɑːd /

noun

a broken fragment of pottery

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Etymology

Origin of potsherd

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

Vocabulary lists containing potsherd

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I unrolled it, and seeing that it was also in Vincey's handwriting, and headed, "Translation of the Uncial Greek Writing on the Potsherd," put it down by the letter.

From She by Haggard, Henry Rider

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