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What (who) is SHARD - definition

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Shards; Shard (disambiguation)

shard         
n.
Fragment, potsherd.
shard         
(shards)
Shards are pieces of broken glass, pottery, or metal.
Eyewitnesses spoke of rocks and shards of glass flying in the air.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
shard         
¦ noun a sharp piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, etc.
Origin
OE sceard 'gap, notch, potsherd', of Gmc origin; related to shear.

Wikipedia

Shard

Shard or sherd is a sharp piece of glass, pottery or stone.

Shard may also refer to:

Examples of use of SHARD
1. One man tried to stab another with a shard of glass.
2. Blood, mine, oozed from my left hand, punctured by a tiny shard of glass.
3. Rahim fetched a jagged, one–inch shard he found by the pool recently.
4. The building, known as the Shard of Glass,‘‘ would be Britain‘s tallest skyscraper.
5. Sometimes she used a razor; once, a shard of broken pottery.