shard

noun/ʃɑrd/

Frequency rank: #13,093 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a sharp, broken piece of glass, pottery, or similar material.

Illustration for the English word “shard”

Example sentence

She carefully picked up every shard of broken glass from the floor.

Synonyms & related words

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