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[ shahrd ] / ʃɑrd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shard ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna fragment, especially of broken earthenware. Zoology. - a scale.
- a shell, as of an egg or snail.
Entomology. an elytron of a beetle. Also sherd [shurd] /ʃɜrd/ . Origin of shardFirst recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceard; cognate with Low German, Dutch schaard; akin to shear Words nearby shardShapiro, shapka, Shapley, Shara, Sharaku, shard, Shardana, share, share account, share and share alike, share certificate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shardThose powdery bits are like “broken shards of glass,” notes Mihály Horányi. This high-tech sweeper is designed for super-clingy moon dust|Jack J. Lee|October 13, 2020|Science News For Students Shard glass from the historic church was recently donated to the museum, which is scheduled to open in 2015. 50 Years Later: The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing|Lottie L. Joiner|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Brooklyn Bridge, London's Shard, Notre Dame—each structure is an expedition waiting to happen. The Week’s Best Longreads for March 16, 2013|David Sessions|March 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST One person who wasn't impressed by Prince Andrew's abseil down the Shard: writer Grace Dent. Underwhelmed by Andy|Tom Sykes|September 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Here's Prince Andrew abseiling down the Shard in London earlier this week. The Grand Old Duke Of York||September 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST She turned away from the audience to smash a glass goblet, raising a shard to her throat. Jane Fonda’s New Biography: 14 Juicy Bits|Lizzie Crocker|August 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST He stopped and picked up a shard of flint, throwing it with an oath. Little Fuzzy|Henry Beam Piper Captain Shard gathered up his reins, nodded carelessly, and went off down the street in a small cloud of dust. Ralph Granger's Fortunes|William Perry Brown And, faster and faster still, they crashed into the shard of steel. The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service On the floor under where it should have been I caught the flash of light from a shard of glass. The Gallery|Roger Phillips Graham About nine o'clock Captain Shard arrived in his buggy from his home in the suburbs. Ralph Granger's Fortunes|William Perry Brown
British Dictionary definitions for shard
nouna 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 shardOld English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shardfragment, remnant, particle, residue, lees, scrap, share, stub, portion, butt, dregs, bit, piece, remainder, side, leaving, ort, butt end, tag end |