Shards are pieces of broken glass, pottery, or metal.
Eyewitnesses spoke of rocks and shards of glass flying in the air. [+ of]
Synonyms: fragment, bit, piece, chip More Synonyms of shard
shard in British English
(ʃɑːd) or sherd
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
Word origin
Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch
Shard in British English
(ʃɑːd)
noun
the Shard
a tall building, resembling a shard of glass, in London, at London Bridge. Designed by Renzo Piano and completed in 2012, it is for mixed commercial, residential, and leisure use and is the tallest habitable building in the UK. Height: 310 m (1,016 ft)
shard in American English
(ʃɑrd)
noun
1.
a fragment or broken piece, esp. of pottery; potsherd
2. Zoology
a hard covering, as a shell, plate, scale, or elytron