Definitions for sherd
ʃɜrdsherd

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shard, sherd, fragmentnoun

   a broken piece of a brittle artifact

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sherdnoun

   The fragment of broken earthen ware.

   Etymology: sceard , Saxon.

   The trivet-table of a foot was lame;
   She thrusts beneath the limping leg a sherd. Dryden.

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1. sherd

   A sherd, also known as a potsherd, is a broken piece of ceramic material, often from ancient pottery or archaeological artifacts. Sherds are valuable to archaeologists as they provide information about the history and culture of the people who created and used the pottery.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sherdnoun

   a fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. Sherd

   In archaeology, a sherd, or more precisely, potsherd, is commonly a historic or prehistoric fragment of pottery, although the term is occasionally used to refer to fragments of stone and glass vessels as well. Occasionally, a piece of broken pottery may be referred to as a shard. While the spelling shard is generally reserved for referring to fragments of glass vessels the term does not exclude pottery fragments. The etymology is connected with the idea of breakage, from Old English sceard, related to Old Norse skarth, "notch", and Middle High German scharte, "notch". A sherd or potsherd that has been used by having writing painted or inscribed on it can be more precisely referred to as an ostracon.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sherd

   shėrd, n. See Shard.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHERD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sherd is ranked #158432 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sherd surname appeared 102 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sherd.
   
   93.1% or 95 total occurrences were White.

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1. • Piece

Anagrams for sherd »

1. herds

2. shred

How to pronounce sherd?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sherd in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sherd in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sherd
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sherd
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sherd
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sherd
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sherd
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html