shard

noun

Definition of shardnext
as in sliver
a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery) Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor.

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Recent Examples of shard Windows had been boarded up to avoid glass shards hurting anyone in case of an explosion. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Smoke continued to rise from the twisted shards of metal, while the remains of the World Trade Center smoldered in a massive pile. — Sophia Leone, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Once the drop trap — a simple wire cage triggered by yanking on a cord — is set up with an enticing mix of sardines and shards of roast chicken on a cardboard tray inside, everyone moves out of sight behind massive logs a few yards away. — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Scientists literally had to pick up the pieces after the wafers containing the solar wind samples shattered into thousands of tiny shards. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shard
  1. sliver
  2. fragment
  3. particle
  4. speck
  5. glimmer
  6. splash
  7. fleck
  8. shred
Noun
  • Up there like the queen of it all is this big platelike moon with a sliver out of it at the three-o’clock position.
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The idiosyncratic biopic makes the right choices, giving us in a sliver of time the dailiness of a working life with its gossip, money worries, and ongoing projects dwindling or cresting or inching forward.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of sliver
Noun
  • The show’s name was inspired by the scientific name for the nightshades family of plants and the paintings had fragments of darkness.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • His story was very powerful, but his story came out of order in fragments.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of fragment
Noun
  • Highly energetic particles in the solar wind may also have reached the comet in sufficient numbers to heat its surface.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Avoid this by not touching the rash and keeping it covered, as the fluid inside the shingles blisters is what contains the infectious particles.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of particle
Noun
  • The source was generally in good condition, but mold spots and dense clusters of small white specks required careful treatment.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of speck
Noun
  • Curt Cignetti has not just provided a championship mindset for the passionate fans that were sitting through days of blowouts and small glimmers of hope in past years.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Still, Crow—the ever-optimist, as her body of work proves—clings on to the glimmers of hope from leaders of the world who do show us the best parts of humanity.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of glimmer
Noun
  • More than a splash of color Perhaps the more interesting possibility lies beyond multi-color printing altogether.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • A touch of gold and a splash of paisley break up a powerful palette.
    — Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of splash
Noun
  • As few as 10 cells, hidden in an infinitesimal fleck of feces, can contaminate raw milk and trigger a fatal infection.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The oversized jacket featured a furry white base adorned with flecks of silver, which beautifully mirrored the sumptuous coats on the runway.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of fleck
Noun
  • There’s yet to be a shred of evidence that Belichick can build and guide North Carolina’s roster into the kind of behemoth that can go on the road in the ACC, play poorly and win by double digits while barely being threatened with a loss.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Without a shred of evidence, Cloud casually weaponized domestic violence allegations against a fan who was simply cheering for his home team.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of shred

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“Shard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shard. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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