sharding

Examples

• All

• And I would say, yeah, yeah, well, you can look at the shards and say, oh, this came from this tribe and this came from this trade route and so on.

• Really high stacks, visible shards of egg, which really draws me in.

• It's going to get all over all the little shards of paper and just thing like that.

• I felt like a shattered person most of my life and there are still shards missing.

• And I'm like trying to stomp out the shards to where they're like not noticeable.

• Yeah, there's caves men, caves men, pottery shards and blood because they didn't have water back then.

• The cat stepped on the broken glass, leaving tiny shards embedded in its paw.

• The artist used shards of colored glass to create a beautiful mosaic.

Synonyms

B

breaking

vssharding

224 1.7

To cause something to fall into pieces or become damaged

describes making sharp fragments specifically rather than general damage

C

cracking

vssharding

21 3.5

The sharp noise something makes when it breaks

focuses on forming sharp fragments rather than the initial split or sound

S

shattering

vssharding

17 4.2

Breaking something into many small pieces with sudden force

produces sharp pointed fragments rather than only small blunt pieces

S

smashing

vssharding

9 3.9

Breaking something into small pieces by force

results in pointed sharp fragments rather than merely crushed bits

D

disintegration

vssharding

6 6.2

Something breaks into smaller pieces and falls apart

is a sudden physical break producing sharp fragments rather than gradual decay

F

fragmentation

vssharding

5 6.3

Breaking something into small pieces, often by force

focuses on making sharp pointed fragments rather than general small parts

C

cleavage

vssharding

4 4.9

A split into parts along natural lines, for example in rocks or cells

is a violent break forming sharp fragments rather than orderly splitting

C

chipping

vssharding

3 3.8

To break small pieces off something

creates many sharp fragments rather than just small removed bits

S

splintering

vssharding

3 4.6

An act of wood breaking that sends out small sharp pieces

uses breaking rather than repeated chipping to create sharp fragments

B

breakage

vssharding

2 4.4

Damage that makes something in pieces or not usable

emphasizes producing sharp pointed fragments rather than generic breaking

C

comminution

vssharding

• Specialized

1 9.9

The act of breaking something into many small pieces by crushing or grinding

makes sharp fragments instead of crushed or ground particles

S

scission

vssharding

1 9.8

The cutting or splitting of something into parts

involves breaking into pointed fragments rather than clean cutting apart

C

crumbling

vssharding

3.9

The process of breaking into small pieces and falling apart

is a sudden break producing sharp fragments rather than slow loss

M

morcellation

vssharding

9.9

Cutting food or other things into small pieces for serving

creates sharp broken fragments rather than neat cut morsels

Antonyms

R

repair

352 2.3

Work done to fix something that is broken

How Fragmented

sharding

8.8

fragmentation

5 6.3

shattering

17 4.2

to break

∞ 1.0

crack

267 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology