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shard

American  
[shahrd] / ʃɑrd /
Also sherd

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 British  
/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of shard

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

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