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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POTSHERD

From pot1 + schoord piece of broken crockery.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POTSHERD

potsherd  [ˈpɒtˌʃɜːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTSHERD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Potsherd 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 POTSHERD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

potsherd

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.

Definition of potsherd in the English dictionary

The definition of potsherd in the dictionary is a broken fragment of pottery.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POTSHERD


absurd
əbˈsɜːd
bird
bɜːd
bluebird
ˈbluːˌbɜːd
blurred
blɜːd
Byrd
bɜːd
crossword
ˈkrɒswɜːd
firebird
ˈfaɪəˌbɜːd
heard
hɜːd
herd
hɜːd
hummingbird
ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd
Hurd
hɜːd
keyword
ˈkiːˌwɜːd
nerd
nɜːd
password
ˈpɑːsˌwɜːd
preferred
prɪˈfɜːd
sherd
ʃɜːd
third
θɜːd
thunderbird
ˈθʌndəˌbɜːd
Verde
vɜːd
word
wɜːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTSHERD

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTSHERD

attested herd
cowherd
dairy herd
German shepherd
goatherd
Good Shepherd
gooseherd
neatherd
shepherd
swanherd
swineherd

Synonyms and antonyms of potsherd in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «potsherd» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTSHERD

Find out the translation of potsherd to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of potsherd from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «potsherd» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

陶瓷片
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiesto
570 millions of speakers

English

potsherd
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ठीकरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كسرة من إناء خزفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

черепок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

potsherd
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খাপরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tesson de poterie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Potsherd
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scherbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

陶器の破片
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도기의 파편
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potsherd
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mảnh vở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஓடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅटरर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çömlek kırığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frammento di vaso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skorupa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

черепок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ciob
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

potsherd
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

potskerf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lerskärva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potteskår
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potsherd

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTSHERD»

The term «potsherd» is normally little used and occupies the 132.269 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTSHERD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «potsherd» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «potsherd» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTSHERD»

Discover the use of potsherd in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to potsherd and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Book of Jeremiah
2 The scene of the acted parable was just outside the Potsherd Gate. The words the valley of Ben-hinnom which is at have been regarded as an explanatory editorial gloss by some commentators.14 In fact, the location of the Potsherd Gate in ...
John Arthur Thompson, 1980
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Sources and Methods in African History: Spoken, Written, ...
75 The use of these tiles seems to have continued until the middle of the twentieth century in different parts of Yoruba-Edo region.76 Like the terracotta and bronze sculptures, potsherd pavements formed part of the material ensembles of ...
Toyin Falola, Christian Jennings, 2004
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Long Term Hillslope and Fluvial System Modelling: Concepts ...
... 2.5/1 (potsherd) pottery and FA6-K3 AA: 1250-1300 AD charcoal (potsherd) FA6-K4 AA: 1200-1250 AD (potsherd) 13b Soil pit in-fill, 7.5 YR sand FA6-K1 AA: 1250-1350 AD many pieces of 2.5/1 (potsherd) pottery and charcoal 14 Colluvium ...
Andreas Lang, Kirsten Hennrich, Richard Dikau, 2003
4
Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa
Like the Ile-Ife pavements, the potsherd pavements at Ila-Orangun and Aun are designed in the herringbone pattern, while a pot is embedded in the middle of the pavement at Ila-Orangun.41 At Oke-Ola Oro, the potsherd pavement situated ...
Toyin Falola, Aribidesi Adisa Usman, 2009
5
Aspects of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis
Gusmani 57. (Lydian) Potsherd found near the Artemis temple at Sardis. 25. Gusmani 60. (Lydian) Potsherd found at Sardis. 26. Gusmani 61. (Lydian) Potsherd found at Sardis. [ ]valis ana.q[ ] Second half of the sixth century 27. Gusmani A III 2 ...
Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre, 2003
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Mohenjo Daro
... pottery tumbler pottery ring small pottery dish pottery jug portion of neck broken 2 pottery bangles mother-of-pearl miniature cellar mutilated pot-bellied figurine painted potsherd potsherd with incised decoration pointed bottomed T.C. min: jar  ...
Michael Jansen
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The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible
[from: cxa^ - potsherd] Nm) (Din Hh-RS) — I. Clay: Used for making pottery, [df: IDin] II. Itch: Skin irritations are treated by applying clay to the irritation and left to dry. III. Sun: Clay left in the sun dries. IV. Potsherd: Broken pieces of clay pottery,  ...
Jeff A. Benner, 2005
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A Dictionary of Archaeology
The nature of the potsherd pavements can be most clearly discerned at Obalara's Land and Woye Asiri (Garlake 1974: figs 3–4; 1977: figs 4–8) – not an accident, if we accept the author's claim that, apart from his own work, 'not a single ...
Ian Shaw, Robert Jameson, 2008
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Three Thousand Years in Africa: Man and His Environment in ...
In Spit 23 was a piece of edge-laid potsherd pavement, about 2 m in diameter, and the roughly circular shape of this suggested that it may have formed the floor of a circular hut (Fig. 7.2). The sherds in this piece of pavement had been laid in a  ...
Graham Connah, 1981
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An Introduction to Medieval Theology
In his comments on Job 2:8 (“he took him a potsherd to scrape the humor withal, and he sat down upon a dunghill”) we find another example of Gregory's creative allegorical interpretation. A potsherd is made of clay, baked in fire. The potsherd  ...
Rik van Nieuwenhove, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTSHERD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term potsherd is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Unusual Pe Preceding Ayin Order in the Acrostics of the Book of …
In 1976, a potsherd was discovered at Izbet Sartah, in Western Samaria, dating to about 1200 BCE. The potsherd had five lines of Hebrew ... «Jewish Link of New Jersey, Jul 15»
2
Efforts to save Utah's Cedar Mesa reach a crescendo
GPS coordinates of Ancestral Puebloan sites can be found with the flick of a mouse, drawing looters and potsherd-hunters, alike. Websites give ... «High Country News, Jul 15»
3
Azhagankulam was in the big league
... potsherds with Tamil Brahmi letters, a potsherd with a swastika symbol and so on. Beads made of carnelian, quartz and glass were found. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
4
Good-bye and Hello as Always; The Only God to Whom Jupiter Must …
Hither the husbandman's rustic wife brings with her own hands on a potsherd the fire which she has taken from the warm hearth. The old man ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
5
Become an Arizona Site Steward
This site had been looted and vandalized in the past but now a very large potsherd pile has been created, no doubt from digging up an entire ... «Sonoran News, May 15»
6
“God's Ambassador” Sues ALL The Gays
That is Psalm 22 verse 15 “My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, you LAY me in the dust of ... «Liberty News Now, May 15»
7
Unique ancient Sator-Rotas word-square discovered
... and in Manchester on a potsherd in a second-century rubbish pit. Those might be of Christian origin. There is no telling. If the word-square is ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
8
Excavations at the Railyard
... button, potsherd (by type), and animal bone that was unearthed; the dimensions of all trenches made by backhoes during the investigation; ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Apr 15»
9
Author Geraldine Brooks Fills Out the Story of Biblical Giant Slayer
You're lucky if you get a potsherd.” The Secret Chord will be published by Viking this fall, and Ms. Brooks said she had “finished, finished the ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Apr 15»
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From the Pulpit: Please, please don't pass on by (guest opinion)
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; you have brought me to the dust of death." When I saw Amos, I saw ... «AL.com, Apr 15»

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