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Word: Shard
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English sceard ‘gap, notch, potsherd’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaarde ‘notch’, also to shear
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ʃɑːd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges
Short Definition:piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass
Examples:- shards of glass flew in all directions
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