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PRONUNCIATION OF POTSHARD

potshard  [ˈpɒtˌʃɑːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTSHARD

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Potshard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POTSHARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

potshard

Sherd

In archaeology, a sherd, or more precisely, potsherd, is commonly a historic or prehistoric fragment of pottery, although the term is occasionally used to refer to fragments of stone and glass vessels as well. Occasionally, a piece of broken pottery may be referred to as a shard. While the spelling shard is generally reserved for referring to fragments of glass vessels the term does not exclude pottery fragments. The etymology is connected with the idea of breakage, from Old English sceard, related to Old Norse skarth, "notch", and Middle High German scharte, "notch". A sherd or potsherd that has been used by having writing painted or inscribed on it can be more precisely referred to as an ostracon. The analysis of sherds is widely used by archaeologists to date sites and develop chronologies, due to their diagnostic characteristics and high resistance to natural, destructive processes. Some characteristics of sherds useful to archaeologists include temper, form, and glaze. These characteristics can be used to determine the kinds of resources and technologies used at the site.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POTSHARD


Ahmedabad
ˈɑːmədəˌbɑːd
backyard
ˌbæˈkjɑːd
card
kɑːd
chard
tʃɑːd
charred
tʃɑːd
courtyard
ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd
discard
dɪsˈkɑːd
guard
ɡɑːd
hard
hɑːd
Hyderabad
ˈhaɪdərəˌbɑːd
MasterCard
ˈmɑːstəˌkɑːd
postcard
ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd
promenade
ˌprɒməˈnɑːd
regard
rɪˈɡɑːd
Riyadh
rɪˈjɑːd
shard
ʃɑːd
Trenchard
ˈtrɛntʃɑːd
uncharred
ʌnˈtʃɑːd
vanguard
ˈvænˌɡɑːd
yard
jɑːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTSHARD

potline
potluck dinner
potman
potmen
Potomac
potometer
potoroo
potpie
potpourri
Potsdam
potsherd
potshop
potshotting
potstone
potsy
Pott´s disease
Pott´s fracture
pottage
potted
potter

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTSHARD

apple orchard
Beghard
blowhard
cherry orchard
clochard
die hard
die-hard
Eberhard
echard
Erhard
go hard
mouchard
orchard
pilchard
pochard
Richard
rock-hard
semihard
Swiss chard
the Shard

Synonyms and antonyms of potshard in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «potshard» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

potshard
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

potshard
570 millions of speakers

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potshard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

potshard
380 millions of speakers
ar

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potshard
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

potshard
278 millions of speakers

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potshard
270 millions of speakers

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potshard
260 millions of speakers

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potshard
220 millions of speakers

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Potshard
190 millions of speakers

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potshard
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

potshard
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

potshard
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potshard
85 millions of speakers
vi

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potshard
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

potshard
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोटशहार्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

işa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

potshard
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potshard
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

potshard
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

potshard
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

potshard
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

potshard
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

potshard
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potshard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potshard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTSHARD»

The term «potshard» is normally little used and occupies the 149.247 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTSHARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about potshard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTSHARD»

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The Clive Cussler Adventures: A Critical Review
Banning is also intuitive, trusting his feelings enough to risk the last ofhis andJenson's money to buy a potshard which he is convinced contains a clue to the location of the legendary lost tomb of Ananka. Even when Andoheb, who is now the ...
Steven Philip Jones, 2014
2
Digging through History: Archaeology and Religion from ...
It is a simple broken piece of pottery no bigger than a couple of inches, but its interpretation makes it one of the most significant artifacts in Jewish history. It is an inscribed potshard (a fragment of pottery) from Masada (in Israel) marked with the ...
Richard A. Freund, 2012
3
First Do No Harm: The Paradoxical Encounters of ...
We are both potshard and diamond. The experience of trauma certainly compels one to experience himself or herself as matchwood (i.e., common, ephemeral, disposable, replaceable). Former images of our unique precious subjectivity, spirit, ...
Adrienne Harris, Steven Botticelli, 2011
4
A Monumental Journey 3: The Underground River
Eight. Only. one. Solitary. Potshard. A large room in an austere stone house had been set up for a soon coming triumphant celebration. No one knew when, but it was here, hidden away in the lifeless void of these arid lands, that four ...
Richard L Cederberg, 2006
5
Études d'anthropologie, de physique et de chimie:
Table 1.10 Cave 8 - GQ8-35 Macroscopic featurcs Potshard fracture Extemal Middle inside Red Red Bum conditions Oxidising Temper Few white grains Structure Oriented Shard thickness 5 mm Microscopic featurcs Temper Content Grain ...
Jean-Baptiste Humbert, Roland de Vaux, Jan Gunneweg, 2003
6
Titan: A Romance
They stood, as he said this, just on Mount Aventine ; before them the Pyramid of Cestius, that epitaphium of the Heretics' Churchyard, wherein so many an undeveloped artist and youth sleeps, and, near by, the lofty potshard mountain * ( monte ...
Jean Paul, 1871
7
The history and antiquities of Hawsted
Job . took a potshard to scrape himself withall. He lies by the wall; is dead. Spoken of a person between the time of his death', and burial. A Wennel. A calf weaned. Tasser has the word oftner than once. A Whelms. A Whelm. Half a hollow tree, ...
sir John Cullum (bart.), 1784
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Reprinted Glossaries
So potshard, a piece of broken pot, occurs several times in Scripture. Job took a potshard to scrape himself withall. Tye, a large common ; as, Battis- ford tye. Wall, to lie by the. " He lies by the wall" is dead. Spokon of a person betwoon the time ...
Walter William Skeat, 1873
9
Pieces of White Shell: A Journey to Navajoland
But it's a difficult thing to do. I know because I have pocketed a piece of pottery. In the context of all the desert's loveliness it became numinous. I had to possess it. Somewhere deep inside me I hoped this potshard might become a talisman, ...
Terry Tempest Williams, 1984
10
Stories and Stone: Writing the Ancestral Pueblo Homeland
Somewhere deep inside me I hoped this potshard might become a talisman, an amulet. I was wrong. What once glistened in those pastel sands collected dust on my dressing table. Its loss of dignity haunted me. Lessons painfully learned ...
Reuben J. Ellis, 2004

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTSHARD»

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Judaism: Ohr Torah: Jacob, Our Father, Did Not Die
... remind the onlookers of our mortality, our frailty and vulnerability, "as a driven leaf"' a broken potshard, a vanishing cloud, a passing dream… «Arutz Sheva, Dec 13»
2
Greetings from Cahuillaland
When she finds a potshard near her Snow Creek home and cradles it in her palm, she says it's like touching the hand of the Cahuilla woman or man who made it ... «Palm Springs Life, Aug 12»
3
An Insider's Guide to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains …
If you find a potshard or artifact of the early Cahuilla, resist the impulse to put it in your pocket. It's against the law for one thing, and a chunk of pottery will quickly ... «Palm Springs Life, Mar 12»
4
"Slippery Business" Journalist Tom Mueller Speaks at UC Davis
... the ancient Mediterranean while standing atop a 115 ft tall mound of broken oil amphorae called Monte Testaccio (Mount Potshard) in Rome. «Olive Oil Times, Nov 10»

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