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shard

[ shahrd ]

noun

  1. a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
  2. Zoology.
    1. a scale.
    2. a shell, as of an egg or snail.
  3. Entomology. an elytron of a beetle.


shard

/ ʃɑ˻å /

noun

  1. a broken piece or fragment of a brittle substance, esp of pottery
  2. zoology a tough sheath, scale, or shell, esp the elytra of a beetle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of shard1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceard; cognate with Low German, Dutch schaard; akin to shear
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of shard1

Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch
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Anna Lippman, a delegate for the activist group, shared video showing an alternate angle of the confrontation and tweeted photos of a vehicle with shards of glass in the passenger seats.

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Lippman also tweeted photos of a vehicle with shards of glass in the passenger seats.

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She found charred bushes, shards of glass and melted metal where once there were orchids.

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It is quiet amid the black shards, the way it is after a storm.

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Along with volcanic ash, his brain and spinal cord were found to contain a mysterious archeological treasure: tiny, gleaming shards of black glass.

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