sherd's Usage Examples:

A preliminary fluvial chronology has been established through the use of a simple thermoluminescence screening on sherds (Deckers et al.

And his flesh was dried upon his bones, like a potter's sherd.

Matthew holding up a decorated pot sherd, his first artifact find on the wreck.

A relief figure in stone, some pavements, potsherds, coins and burials have been found, but nothing to indicate an important station.

The area within the walls is a vast expanse of cultivated land, unbroken by any vestige of antiquity; yet the soil is thick with tile and potsherd, and in hot summers the unevenly growing corn reveals the remains of streets beneath the surface.

Therefore, only the presence of a stamped sherd is absolutely incontrovertible evidence that a particular sherd is not of Iron Age date.

Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.

This cavity was filled with rubbish, sherds, 'c.

Smaller elliptical houses were found near by, with geometric potsherds, bronzes, and a few iron weapons.

Sherds of Roman pottery were recovered from most contexts but all the sherds were much abraded and likely to be residual.

The Roman material is moderately abraded but includes several groups of sherds from the same vessel (sherds from the same vessel (sherd families ).

The only Aegean objects yet found (1910) in or near Ionia are some sherds of the very latest Minoan age at Miletus.

Forms included sherds from bowls, jugs, tea pots, plates, cups, dishes, and large containers.

Synonyms:

fragment, shard, potsherd, piece,

Antonyms:

disassemble, disjoin, black, white, break,