shard
[ shahrd ]
/ ʃɑrd /
noun
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
Zoology.
- a scale.
- a shell, as of an egg or snail.
Entomology. an elytron of a beetle.
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Origin of shard
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceard; cognate with Low German, Dutch schaard; akin to shear
Words nearby shard
shapley, shar pei, shar-pei, shara, sharaku, shard, shardana, share, share account, share and share alike, share certificate
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shard
sherd
/ (ʃɑːd) /
noun
a broken piece or fragment of a brittle substance, esp of pottery
zoology a tough sheath, scale, or shell, esp the elytra of a beetle
Word Origin for shard
Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch
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