shard
noun
\ ˈshärd
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Definition of shard
1a
: a piece or fragment of a brittle substance
shards of glass
broadly
: a small piece or part : scrap
little shards of time and space recorded by the camera's lens — Rosalind Krauss
2
or sherd \ ˈshərd
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: a fragment of a pottery vessel found on sites and in refuse deposits where pottery-making peoples have lived
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: a fragment of a pottery vessel found on sites and in refuse deposits where pottery-making peoples have lived
3
: highly angular curved glass fragments of tuffaceous sediments