shardnoun [ C ]
uk/ʃɑːd/us/ʃɑːrd/a piece of a broken glass, cup, container, or similar object:
Shards of glass have been cemented into the top of the wall to stop people climbing over.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinpoint
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shred
- slip
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