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shard

nounCommon GRE wordMore S words

a sharp fragment of a broken object

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Shard in a sentence

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Shards of glass littered the floor after the crash.

Synonyms
fragmentsplintersliver
Antonyms
wholemass
Common questions

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Shard (noun) means a sharp fragment of a broken object
Here is shard used in an example sentence: "Shards of glass littered the floor after the crash."
Common synonyms for shard include fragment, splinter, sliver.
Antonyms of shard include whole, mass.
Shard is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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