"potsherd" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒt.ʃɜːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑt.ʃəɹd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-potsherd.wav [Southern-England] Forms: potsherds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pot-sherd, pot-schord, pot scherd, pot scarth, from Middle English pot, pote, potte (“a container, pot, vessel; especially an earthenware vessel”) (from late Old English pot, pott (“a pot”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”)) + Middle English sherd (“piece of fired clay or broken earthenware; potsherd”) (from Old English sceard (“a shard, sherd”), from Proto-Germanic *skardą (“a nick, notch”)); equivalent to pot + sherd (“shard”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pot-sherd}} Middle English pot-sherd, {{m|enm|pot-schord}} pot-schord, {{m|enm|pot scherd}} pot scherd, {{m|enm|pot scarth}} pot scarth, {{inh|en|enm|pot}} Middle English pot, {{m|enm|pote}} pote, {{m|enm|potte||a container, pot, vessel; especially an earthenware vessel}} potte (“a container, pot, vessel; especially an earthenware vessel”), {{inh|en|ang|pot}} Old English pot, {{m|ang|pott||a pot}} pott (“a pot”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*budn-||a type of vessel}} Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”), {{inh|en|enm|sherd||piece of fired clay or broken earthenware; potsherd}} Middle English sherd (“piece of fired clay or broken earthenware; potsherd”), {{inh|en|ang|sceard||a shard, sherd}} Old English sceard (“a shard, sherd”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skardą||a nick, notch}} Proto-Germanic *skardą (“a nick, notch”), {{compound|en|pot|sherd|t2=shard}} pot + sherd (“shard”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} potsherd (plural potsherds)
  1. (often archaeology) A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site. Wikipedia link: Poshuouinge, U.S. Route 84 Tags: often Categories (topical): Archaeology, Ceramics Synonyms: shard, sherd, potshard, pot-sherd Translations (piece of ceramic from pottery): potskerf (Afrikaans), ὄστρακον (óstrakon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), чиреп (čirep) [masculine] (Bulgarian), padellàs [masculine] (Catalan), potscherf [feminine] (Dutch), ruukunsirpale (Finnish), testo [masculine] (Galician), Scherbe [feminine] (German), Tonscherbe [feminine] (German), Topfscherbe [feminine] (German), coccio [masculine] (Italian), testa [feminine] (Latin), откршок (otkršok) [masculine] (Macedonian), цреп (crep) [masculine] (Macedonian), црепче (crepče) [neuter] (Macedonian), maramara rīhi (Maori), kitsʼiil (Navajo), caco [masculine] (Portuguese), casco [masculine] (Spanish), tiesto [masculine] (Spanish), gae (Swahili), krukskärva [common-gender] (Swedish), చిల్లపెంకు (cillapeṅku) (Telugu), שאַרבן (sharbn) [masculine] (Yiddish), àpádìdì (Yoruba), àpáàdì (Yoruba)

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        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Archaeology",
        "en:Ceramics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1632, Edward Reynoldes [i.e., Edward Reynolds], “Verse 2”, in An Explication of the Hvndreth and Tenth Psalme: […], London: Imprinted by Felix Kyngston for Robert Bostocke, […], →OCLC, page 149",
          "text": "[W]ho can deny but that the rod of Gods mouth is indeed Virga virtutis, a rod of strength, an iron rod, able to deale with all humane reaſonings, as a hammer with a potſherd, which though to the hand of a man it may feele as hard as a rocke, yet is too brittle to endure the blow of an iron rod?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1720, [Thomas Boston], “State II, Namely, The State of Nature, or of Entire Deprivation”, in Human Nature in Its Four-fold State: […], Edinburgh: Printed by Mr. James McEuen and Company, […]; Michael Boston, editor, Human Nature in Its Fourfold State, […], new edition, Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Printed and sold by Patrick Mair, 1784, →OCLC, head I (The Sinfulness of Man’s Natural State), page 85",
          "text": "Job took a potſherd to ſcrape himself, becauſe his hands were as full of boils as his body: This is the caſe of thy corrupt ſoul: not to be recovered but by Jeſus Chriſ, whoſe ſtrength was dried up like a potſherd, Pſal[ms] xxii. 15.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, E. S. Roberts, E[rnest] A[rthur] Gardner, “Criticism and Interpretation [VIII. 2. Epigraphy.]”, in Leonard Whibley, editor, A Companion to Greek Studies: Edited for the Syndics of the University Press, 3rd revised and enlarged edition, Cambridge: At the University Press, →OCLC, section 737 (Definition and Scope), page 687",
          "text": "[I]n the case of pottery, it [epigraphy] is usually taken to include graffiti scratched with a sharp point, and even painted inscriptions which are made before firing as part of the design of a vase, but not written documents (ostraka), in which pot-sherds are merely used as a material to write on instead of papyrus.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1950, Alphonse Riesenfeld, “Megalithic Monuments and Megalithic Culture”, in The Megalithic Culture of Melanesia, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →OCLC, page 115",
          "text": "Speiser, who made excavations on Vao Island found prehistoric potsherds at a depth of 10 inches, and on the surface of the ground also.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Richard A. Freund, Digging through History: Archaeology and Religion from Atlantis to the Holocaust, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, page 18",
          "text": "I have been asked about the single most important artifact that I have seen. It is a single 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 name \"ben Yair.\" […] While it remains a single potshard marked in ink, it is a powerful symbol of what motivates archaeologists in the field: a simple object that signifies an entire historical event.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site."
      ],
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        [
          "archaeology",
          "archaeology"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ceramic",
          "ceramic#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pottery",
          "pottery"
        ],
        [
          "archaeological",
          "archaeological"
        ],
        [
          "site",
          "site#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often archaeology) A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "shard"
        },
        {
          "word": "sherd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Poshuouinge",
        "U.S. Route 84"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɒt.ʃɜːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɑt.ʃəɹd/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "potshard"
    },
    {
      "word": "pot-sherd"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "word": "potskerf"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čirep",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чиреп"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padellàs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potscherf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "word": "ruukunsirpale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "testo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scherbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tonscherbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Topfscherbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "óstrakon",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ὄστρακον"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "testa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "otkršok",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "откршок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "crep",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цреп"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "crepče",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "црепче"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "word": "maramara rīhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "word": "kitsʼiil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "casco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "word": "gae"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krukskärva"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "cillapeṅku",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "word": "చిల్లపెంకు"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "sharbn",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שאַרבן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "word": "àpádìdì"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "piece of ceramic from pottery",
      "word": "àpáàdì"
    }
  ],
  "word": "potsherd"
}

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