glass shards
Fragments from breakage
Glass shards are fragments of broken glass, typically with sharp, jagged edges.
The term emphasizes the dangerous quality of the pieces—their ability to cut skin or puncture surfaces: Glass shards littered the sidewalk after the accident.
A single piece is a shard of glass; the plural glass shards treats them collectively.
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- broken bottleFractured glass container
- mosaic artArt from arranged fragments
- brittleLiable to shatter
splinter · silica · construction debris · sweep up · crack · sharp edges · debris field · fracture · transparency · contamination · injury prevention · amorphous · protective gloves · car accident · explosion · flying debris · window · glittering
- beach cleanuptrash bags, volunteers, litter, debris, plastic bottles
- found materialsfound objects, driftwood, bottle caps, shells, seashells
- junkpilescrap metal, old tires, broken appliances, car parts, mattresses
- scrapsbits, scraps, remnants, shards, trimmings
- demolition debrisrubble, masonry, broken tiles, scrap wood, scrap metal
- Trace Evidencehair, fiber, fingerprints, DNA, blood
glass shardswindowpane
Sheet of glass
plate glass · glass bottle · drinking glass · mirror · glass block
glass shardssafety glass
Pane designed to crumble
tempered glass · sea glass · cotton balls · foam padding · rubber mat