shard
/ʃɑːd
/noun
A piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges: shards of glass flew in all directions...
- Our emotions will be erupting like thermal steam vents, containing sharp silica glass shards from lava rock.
- The wings were shards of mossy glass - shards of a broken mirror, each adorned by a frightening eye.
- Saying that shards of broken glass are razor sharp is an understatement.
Synonyms
piece, fragment, bit, sliver, splinter, shiver, chip, particle, scrap;
paring, shaving
Origin
Old English sceard 'gap, notch, potsherd', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaarde 'notch', also to shear.