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sherd

UK/ˈʃɜːd/UK[ˈʃɜːd]US/ˈʃɝd/US[ˈʃɝd]

A form of shard — A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.

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nounsherd (plural sherds)

plural sherds

alternativedatedarchaeologyAlternative form of shard.
the thigh […] which all in sherds it drove
[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna broken piece of a brittle artifact

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fragment potsherd shard

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sherd

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APA

sherd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sherd

MLA

“sherd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sherd. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sherd,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sherd.

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