shard

• Sustantivo que designa un fragmento afilado o irregular desprendido de un objeto frágil, como cristal, cerámica o metal.

A noun referring to a broken piece of a brittle artifact, such as glass, pottery, or metal.

1. Broken piece of brittle materialB2formal

   A sharp fragment, especially of pottery, glass, or metal, that has broken off from a larger object.

   Fragmento afilado de material quebradizo

   • Archaeologists found a shard of ancient pottery at the dig site.
   • She stepped on a glass shard and cut her foot.
   • The vase shattered into dozens of tiny shards.

   Sinónimoschipfragmentpiecesherdsliversplinter