SHERD

shard, sherd, fragment

(noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sherd (plural sherds)

Obsolete form of shard.

Anagrams

• herds, shred

Source: Wiktionary


Sherd, n.

Definition: A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard. The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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