Dictionary

sherd en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈʃɝd] (General-American)
• [ˈʃɜːd] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈʃɝd/ (General-American)
• /ˈʃɜːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, dated) Alternative form of shard.
   alt of shard
   • the thigh […] which all in sherds it drove [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

potsherd