sherds

CEFRC2

/ʃɜːrdz/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Broken pieces of pottery or glass.

Examples

  • A sherd is a broken piece of ceramic material found at a site.

  • The archaeologist found several sherds of old pottery in the dirt.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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In context

  • Archaeologists found ancient pottery sherds buried in the soil.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The museum display featured pottery blank from the Bronze Age excavation.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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