Potsherd
[pot-shurd] /ˈpɒtˌʃɜrd/
noun
1.
a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
/ˈpɒtˌʃɜːd/
noun
1.
a broken fragment of pottery
n.
early 14c., from pot (n.1) + Middle English schoord, from Old English sceard (see shard).
a “shred”, i.e., anything severed, as a fragment of earthenware (Job 2:8; Prov. 26:23; Isa. 45:9).
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