sherd
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9.9
- noun
- /ʃɜrd/
- Specialized
:
fragmento de cerámica
- While exploring the ancient site, I discovered a small sherd that once belonged to a beautifully crafted vase.
- pottery sherds
- ceramic sherds
- artifacts including sherds
Examples
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Just walking across Hanson's property means crunching across painted pot sherds that litter the ground like gravel.
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One sherd depicted the Calvary scene, making it one of the oldest images of Christ's crucifixion.
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"What a challenge!" he whistles, holding up a sherd for me to see.
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And each pictogram appears on an irregular shape intended to look like a pottery sherd.
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The sherds selected represented several different vessel forms that spanned a wide range of time.
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Finding pottery sherd graffiti in Veleia is nothing new.
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As I studied the sherd, I commented to Yeatts on its luster, its solidness.
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Beta inscriptions, like the one on the bottom of this sherd, state the names of the oil traders and/or transporters.
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Interspersed in the rubble are smooth glazed pottery sherds, an easy read for Liu.
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As they were sinking in this new silt, Tang pottery sherds that had been swept downstream lodged in the sludge.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.2
A small piece broken off something larger
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4.9
A sharp broken piece of glass or pottery
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7.4
A small broken piece of an object, like coral or pottery
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9.8
A broken piece of an old clay pot that people find when they dig for old things
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sherd comes from an old English word sceard that meant 'cut' or 'broken', and it is the same root as shard. So a sherd is a 'broken piece' of pottery or other hard objects, which is why archaeologists use the word for fragments found in digs.