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Definition of: shard
(shärd) noun
1. A broken piece of a brittle substance, as of an earthen vessel; a potsherd; a fragment: also spelled sherd.
2. Zool. A hard, thin shell, or a wing cover, of an insect. [OE sceard. Related to SHEAR.]
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