sherd

n. = POTSHERD.
Etymology: var. of SHARD

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noun

a broken piece of a brittle artifact

• Syn: ↑shard, ↑fragment

• Derivationally related forms: ↑fragmentary (for: ↑fragment), ↑fragmental (for: ↑fragment), ↑fragment (for: ↑fragment)

• Hypernyms: ↑piece

• Hyponyms: ↑potsherd

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variant of shard

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/sherrd/, n.

shard.

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sherd /shûrd/

noun see ↑shard¹

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sherd «shurd», noun.

= shard¹: (Cf. ↑shard) »fragmentary sherds of Aegean painted pottery (Scientific American).

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[shərd]

n. another term for potsherd

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variant spelling of ↑shard

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sherd [sherd sherds] [ʃɜːd] [ʃɜːrd] noun

= ↑shard

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sherd

see shard n.¹

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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Sherd — Sherd, n. A fragment; now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See {Shard}. [1913 Webster] The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove. Chapman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sherd — [ʃə:d US ʃə:rd] n another form of ↑shard … Dictionary of contemporary English
sherd — [shʉrd] n. var. of SHARD … English World dictionary
sherd — Shard Shard (sh[aum]rd), n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar[eth]. See {Shear}, and cf. {Sherd}.] [Written also {sheard}, and {sherd}.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sherd — In archaeology, a sherd is commonly a historic or prehistoric fragment of pottery, although the term is occasionally used to refer to fragments of stone and glass vessels as well.Occasionally, a piece of broken pottery may be referred to as a ,… … Wikipedia
sherd — pot·sherd; sherd; … English syllables
sherd — /ʃɜd/ (say sherd) noun → shard …
sherd — variant of shard 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
sherd — /sherrd/, n. shard. * * * … Universalium
sherd — noun shard … Wiktionary

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