shard

[ shahrd ]
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noun
  1. a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.

  2. Zoology.

    • a scale.

    • a shell, as of an egg or snail.

  1. Entomology. an elytron of a beetle.

Origin of shard

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceard; cognate with Low German, Dutch schaard; akin to shear
  • Also sherd [shurd] /ʃɜrd/ .

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shard

sherd

/ (ʃɑːd) /


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

Origin of shard

1
Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch

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