English
wikipedia|sherd, shard, potsherd

Alternative spellings
sherd

Etymology
From ME. < OE. sceard.

Noun
en-noun

1. A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
2. A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
3. A tough scale, sheath, or shell; it is especially used as a term to refer to the elytra of a beetle.

Derived terms
potsherd

Synonyms
potsherd
splinter

Translations
trans-top|piece
Danish: skår n
Finnish: siru
German: Scherbe f
trans-mid
Italian: coccio m
Serbian: krhotina
Spanish: casco m
trans-bottom

References
(pottery) Shard, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

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