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Dictionary: shard   (shärd) pronunciation also sherd
(shûrd)
n.
  1. A piece of broken pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig; a potsherd.
    1. A fragment of a brittle substance, as of glass or metal.
    2. A small piece or part: "shards of intense emotional relationships that once existed" (Maggie Scarf).
  2. Zoology.
    1. A tough sheath or covering, such as a shell, scale, or plate.
    2. The elytron or outer wing covering of a beetle.

[Middle English sherd, from Old English sceard, cut, notch.]


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noun

    Residual matter: butt4, end, fragment, ort (often used in plural), scrap1, stub. See leftover.


(sherd/potsherd) [De]

A piece of a broken pot or ceramic or glass vessel.

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Shard may refer to:

  • Sherd, a piece of glass, pottery or stone, ie sea glass
  • Elytron, a forewing found on some insect species
  • Shard London Bridge, a planned skyscraper
  • "Meth", another word for the drug Methamphetamine, referring to the shard-like crystals

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - potteskår

Nederlands (Dutch)
(pot)scherf

Français (French)
n. - tesson

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scherbe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θραύσμα κεραμικού αγγείου, σύντριμμα

Italiano (Italian)
coccio, elitra

Português (Portuguese)
n. - asas anteriores de alguns insetos (f pl)

Русский (Russian)
черепок, осколок, чешуйка, скорлупа, раковина

Español (Spanish)
n. - casco, escama, élitro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - krukskärva, täckvinge

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
碎片, 破片

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 碎片, 破片

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (화분 등에 쓰이는) 사금파리 파편, (딱정 벌레의) 겉날개, 비늘

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 破片, うろこ, 殻

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كسرة, قطعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שבר-חרס, שבר-סלע וולקני, כיסוי נוקשה של כנפי-חיפושית‬


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