shard
noun/ʃɑːd/
/ʃɑːrd/
(also sherd)
- a piece of broken glass, metal, etc.
- shards of glass
- The brickwork exploded in dust and flying shards of clay.
Word OriginOld English sceard ‘gap, notch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaarde ‘notch’, also to shear.
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