SHARD Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

shard

noun

Definition of shard

as in sliver

a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery) Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor.

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Recent Examples of shard These kinds of seemingly effortless lines, lines that take a small shard of experience and hold it up to the light, offer some clues as to how the thirty-one-year-old Bridgers earned her reputation as one of her generation’s standout songwriters. — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026 The man, armed with a large cooking knife and shards of glass, appeared injured, Sylvia said, but continued to hold off officers from the rooftop while firefighters worked. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026 When the smoke cleared on October 4, 2024, Beloozerov’s body lay splayed out on the pavement amid shards of glass from his car window. — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 Just a bloody shard of metal on the ground in an empty house by the time the Lioness team gets to it. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shard

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Noun

Most of the moon will be obscured, with only a thin sliver remaining outside the shadow, giving the lunar surface an eerie red glow.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026
The portion of the First Miami Presbyterian Church site slated for redevelopment faces a sliver of Biscayne Bay that separates Brickell from Brickell Key.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of sliver

Noun

In a sequencer that resembled a large fridge, millions of short nucleic-acid fragments would be identified in the span of ten hours.

— Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
The artifacts included eight deformed sickles, one intact sickle, part of a sword blade, ornament fragments, three ingots and two unfinished objects.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fragment

Noun

The project will focus on developing a scalable process for producing highly uniform thorium-232 fuel particles for use in TRISO, or Tri-Structural Isotropic, nuclear fuel.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
But thanks to atmospheric light scattering — the bouncing of photons off particles in the air — the area affected by the mirror's passage would be much wider, the study found.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of particle

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The polls offer a glimmer of hope for Democrats and their voters, who hope that the party can shrink the Republican majority in Congress – or capture it – this midterm season.

— Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
While more muted in color than her later looks, the outfit shows an early glimmer of her future full-on sparkle.

— Kelsey Stiegman, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of glimmer

Noun

Sprouse’s first collections in the mid-1980s made a major splash, melding graffiti prints, a playful ’60s aesthetic, and bright Day-Glo colors that won admirers such as Andy Warhol.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026
The bagels are the creations of Moreira, who grew up in Argentina but learned quickly how to make bagels that caused a splash.

— Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of splash

Noun

The soup itself has an almost lemon curd-like acidity and sweetness, and it’s laced with flecks of fresh corn and tiny diced pieces of zucchini.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Amid his vast responsibilities running all the departments in the Giants’ front office, Zaidi still found the time to pore over MLB Draft League statistics and look for flecks of gold.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of fleck

Noun

Shouts of awe echoed behind as the final shred of the solar disk created a magnificent Diamond ring flare effect on the trailing edge of the lunar disk.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The food is stellar, as is the service, but there isn’t a shred of pretence about any of it.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026

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