Shard
[ʃɑːd] or [ʃɑrd]
Definition
(n.) A plant; chard.
(n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
(n.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
(n.) A gap in a fence.
(n.) A boundary; a division.
Typist: Pearl
Definition
n. (Spens.) a boundary division: (obs.) the leaves of the artichoke whitened.
n. a fragment as of an earthen vessel: the wing-case of a beetle.—adjs. Shard′-borne (Shak.) borne on shards as beetles; Shar′ded (Shak.) provided with elytra or wing-cases.
n. dung.
Inputed by Carter
Examples
- Carefully Holmes held each separate shard to the light, but in no way did it differ from any other shattered piece of plaster. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It lay scattered, in splintered shards, upon the grass. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Checker: Ramona