shards
Splinters of glass
Shards are broken pieces of something brittle—glass, pottery, ceramic, ice.
The word implies sharp edges and violent breaking: Shards of glass covered the floor.
In gaming and fantasy contexts, a shard may be a fragment of a magical object or a separate server instance.
The singular shard appears less often than the plural.
Thin sharp broken fragments
- piecesParts of something divided
- bitsSmall portions or pieces
- sliversThin, sharp fragments
- smithereensTiny scattered fragments
debris · scraps · remnants · shivers · flinders · chips · flakes · segments
Transparent solid from sand
- ceramicFired clay material
- potteryFired clay objects
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
obsidian · mirror · tile · terracotta · stoneware · earthenware · china · bottle
Broken into fragments
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- fracturedSplit or splintered
ruptured · crumbled · broken · fragmented · destroyed · demolished · wrecked · crushed
Fragments of broken ceramics
- excavationAct of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- digUnearth by shoveling
- ceramicsHardened clay objects
splinters
Thin sharp broken fragments
smithereens · debris · scraps · remnants · shivers · flinders · chips · flakes · segments · chunks
glass
Transparent solid from sand
crystal · obsidian · mirror · tile · terracotta · stoneware · earthenware · china · bottle · window
shattered
Broken into fragments
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- crackedHaving surface fractures
fractured · ruptured · crumbled · broken · fragmented · destroyed · demolished · wrecked · crushed · burst
potsherds
Fragments of broken ceramics
- excavationAct of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- digUnearth by shoveling
ceramics · relics · stratigraphy · kiln · amphora · neolithic · midden
jagged
Sharply uneven, notched
razor-sharp · keen · serrated · spiky · edged · laceration · gash · slice · wound · nick
- Glass Recyclingcullet, bottle banks, collection bins, drop-off centers, sorting
- tephravolcanic ash, pumice, volcanic bombs, scoria, cinders
- artifactsknives, masks, pottery, antiquity, inscriptions
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
- fragmentsfragment, splinter, sliver, chip, shred
- game lootgold coins, gems, crystals, coins, loot
shardswholes
Complete unified amounts
complete · intact · unshattered · monoliths
shardstotalities
Complete aggregates, nothing omitted
wholes · entireties · aggregates · assemblages · unities
- glass shardFragment of broken pane
- pottery shardsBroken ceramic fragments
- metal shardsSharp broken alloy pieces
- flying shards
- ceramic shardsBroken pieces of pottery
- The ShardAngular London landmark