mitä tarkottaa englannin sana shard?

¿ noun

1. a fragment, esp. of broken earthenware.

2. Zoology.

a. a scale.

b. a shell, as of an egg or snail.

3. Entomology. an elytron of a beetle.





n.



1. A piece of broken pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig; a potsherd.

2.

1. A fragment of a brittle substance, as of glass or metal.

2. A small piece or part: " shards of intense emotional relationships that once existed" (Maggie Scarf).

3. A tough sheath or covering, such as a shell, scale, or plate.

4. The elytron or outer wing covering of a beetle.

3. Zoology

1. A tough sheath or covering, such as a shell, scale, or plate.

2. The elytron or outer wing covering of a beetle.









shard

O. E. sceard " fragment, gap," from P. Gmc. *skardas, a pp. from the root of O. E. sceran " to cut" (see shear). Cf. Du. schaard " a flaw, a fragment," Ger. Scharte " a notch," Dan. skaar " chink, potsherd." Meaning " fragment of broken earthenware" developed in late O. E. Fr. écharde " prickle, splinter" is a Gmc. loan-word.