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Definition shard

Etymology 1

From Middle English shard, scherd, scheard, schord, from Old English sceard (�a broken piece; shard�), from Proto-Germanic *skard? (�notch; nick�), from *skardaz (�damaged; nicked; scarred�), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (�to cut�). Akin to Scots schaird (�shard�), French �charde (�splinter�), Dutch schaarde (�tear; notch; fragment�), German Scharte (�notch�), Old Norse skar� (�notch, hack�) ( > Danish sk�r).

The database sense is perhaps derived from the online gaming sense or from SHARD (System for Highly Available Replicated Data), name of a 1980s database product.

Noun

shard (plural shards)

A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
(by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
(online gaming) An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
(databases) A component of a sharded distributed database.
(slang, singular or plural) A piece of crystal methamphetamine.

Verb

shard (third-person singular simple present shards, present participle sharding, simple past and past participle sharded)

(intransitive) To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
(transitive) To break (something) into shards.
(online gaming, transitive) To divide (an MMORPG) into several shards, or to establish a shard of one.

Etymology 2

Noun

shard (uncountable)

The plant chard.

Results 347 Words with the letters SHARD

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9 letter words with the letters SHARD ↑

ADHERENDS 14

ADHERENTS 13

ANHYDROUS 16

ANTHERIDS 13

APHORISED 15

ARACHNIDS 16

ARCHAISED 15

ARCHDUKES 20

BEDCHAIRS 18

BERDACHES 18

BIRDBATHS 18

BIRTHDAYS 17

BLOWHARDS 19

BRUSHLAND 18

CARDSHARP 18

CASHIERED 15

CATHEDRAS 15

CHALDRONS 17

CHANDLERS 17

CHARACIDS 18

CHLORDANS 17

CHORDATES 15

CHRESARDS 15

CHRYSALID 18

CLOCHARDS 19

CROSSHEAD 15

DAKERHENS 17

DASHBOARD 16

DAUGHTERS 15

DEMARCHES 18

DETACHERS 15

DIAGRAPHS 17

DIARCHIES 15

DIARRHEAS 12

DIHEDRALS 14

DISCHARGE 17

DISHWARES 15

DISHWATER 15

DRAGONISH 15

DRAMSHOPS 18

DRAWSHAVE 19

DROPHEADS 16

DRUMHEADS 17

DYARCHIES 17

DYSPHORIA 17

FARMHANDS 19

FIRSTHAND 16

FLASHCARD 19

FOREHANDS 16

FOREHEADS 15

GARNISHED 15

GASHOLDER 15

GOATHERDS 14

HADROSAUR 13

HAIRBANDS 16

HALLIARDS 14

HANDCARTS 16

HANDGRIPS 18

HANDOVERS 17

HANDPRESS 16

HANDRAILS 14

HANDSOMER 16

HANDWORKS 20

HANGBIRDS 18

HARDBACKS 22

HARDBALLS 17

HARDBOOTS 15

HARDEDGES 15

HARDENERS 13

HARDHACKS 21

HARDHEADS 15

HARDINESS 13

HARDNOSES 13

HARDSHIPS 17

HARDSTAND 14

HARDTACKS 19

HARDWARES 15

HARDWIRES 15

HARDWOODS 16

HARNESSED 13

HARRIDANS 13

HARSHENED 15

HARVESTED 16

HAULYARDS 16

HAZARDOUS 22

HEADDRESS 13

HEADFIRST 15

HEADGEARS 14

HEADRACES 15

HEADRESTS 12

HEADROOMS 15

HEADWORDS 16

HEADWORKS 19

HIGHROADS 16

HOARDINGS 15

HOARSENED 13

HOMEWARDS 18

HONORANDS 14

HOSPODARS 15

HUSBANDER 17

HUSBANDRY 19

HYDRACIDS 18

HYDRAGOGS 18

HYDRANTHS 17

HYDRATORS 14

HYDROLASE 15

HYRACOIDS 17

KURBASHED 20

MARSHALED 16

MARSHLAND 17

MIDRASHIC 18

MIDRASHIM 18

NEATHERDS 13

ODOGRAPHS 17

OVERHANDS 17

OVERHEADS 16

PILCHARDS 19

POTSHARDS 15

PRESHAPED 18

PREWASHED 18

PURCHASED 19

RAILHEADS 13

REDSHANKS 17

REHANDLES 14

REHARDENS 13

REHEARSED 12

REPHRASED 15

RETHREADS 12

RHABDOMES 18

RHACHIDES 17

RHAPSODES 15

RHAPSODIC 18

RHODAMINS 16

ROADHOUSE 13

ROADSHOWS 15

SCAREHEAD 15

SCRAICHED 18

SCRAIGHED 17

SCRATCHED 18

SHADBERRY 17

SHADOWERS 15

SHADOWIER 15

SHADRACHS 17

SHARPENED 16

SHATTERED 12

SHELDRAKE 17

SHEWBREAD 18

SHIKARRED 16

SHIPBOARD 18

SHIPYARDS 17

SHIVAREED 16

SHOREWARD 15

SHORTHAND 15

SHOWBREAD 18

SLATHERED 13

SOREHEADS 12

SOUTHWARD 16

SPEARHEAD 15

SUBAHDARS 16

SWANHERDS 16

TARNISHED 13

THERAPSID 15

THRALDOMS 16

THREADERS 12

TRACHEIDS 15

UNTHREADS 14

VARNISHED 17

VERANDAHS 17

WARDSHIPS 18

WASHBOARD 18

WATERSHED 15

WITHDRAWS 18

8 letter words with the letters SHARD ↑

ADHERERS 11

AIRHEADS 11

AIRSHEDS 11

ASHLARED 12

ASHLERED 12

BAHADURS 15

BODHRANS 15

BRANDISH 15

BREADTHS 14

BROADISH 14

CHARADES 14

CHEDDARS 15

CHRESARD 14

CHUDDARS 16

DARSHANS 12

DHOURRAS 12

DIEHARDS 12

DIGRAPHS 16

DISHRAGS 13

DISHWARE 14

DORHAWKS 18

DRACHMAS 17

DRAFFISH 17

DRAMSHOP 17

DRAUGHTS 14

DWARFISH 17

EPHEDRAS 14

HAEREDES 11

HAGGARDS 15

HAGRIDES 13

HALBERDS 15

HALYARDS 14

HANDCARS 15

HANDLERS 13

HARASSED 11

HARDCASE 14

HARDHATS 13

HARDIEST 11

HARDNESS 12

HARDNOSE 12

HARDPANS 15

HARDSHIP 16

HARDTOPS 14

HAYRIDES 13

HAYWARDS 16

HEADREST 11

HERDSMAN 15

HOARDERS 11

HOSPODAR 14

HYDRANTS 14

HYDRASES 13

HYDRATES 13

JARHEADS 20

KASHERED 15

KHADDARS 16

MISHEARD 14

ORCHARDS 14

POCHARDS 17

POTSHARD 14

RACHIDES 14

RADISHES 11

RAPHIDES 14

RAVISHED 15

RAWHIDES 14

REDHEADS 12

REDSHANK 16

REHASHED 13

RESHAPED 14

RESHAVED 15

REWASHED 14

RHABDOMS 17

RHAPSODE 14

RHAPSODY 16

RHODORAS 11

ROADSHOW 14

SCARPHED 17

SEARCHED 14

SEMIHARD 14

SHADOWER 14

SHADRACH 16

SHIPYARD 16

SOREHEAD 11

SRADDHAS 12

STARCHED 14

SUBAHDAR 15

SWANHERD 15

THRASHED 13

UNSHARED 13

UPHOARDS 15

WARDSHIP 17

WARHEADS 14

7 letter words with the letters SHARD ↑

ADHERES 10

AIRSHED 10

CHADARS 13

CHADORS 13

CRASHED 13

DARKISH 14

DARSHAN 11

DASHERS 10

DASHIER 10

DEARTHS 10

DHARMAS 13

DHARNAS 11

DHOORAS 10

DHURNAS 12

DIRHAMS 13

DISHRAG 12

DOURAHS 11

DRACHMS 16

ECHARDS 13

HADRONS 11

HAIRDOS 10

HARDENS 11

HARDEST 10

HARDIES 10

HARDSET 10

HATREDS 10

HAZARDS 19

HEADERS 10

HEARSED 10

HERALDS 11

HOLARDS 11

HYDRASE 12

MIDRASH 13

PARDAHS 13

PHRASED 13

PURDAHS 14

SHADERS 10

SHADIER 10

SHAIRDS 10

SHARKED 14

SHARPED 13

SHEARED 10

SRADDHA 11

SRADHAS 10

THREADS 10

TRASHED 10

6 letter words with the letters SHARD ↑

CHARDS 12

DASHER 9

HOARDS 9

HYDRAS 11

RADISH 9

SHADER 9

SHAIRD 9

SHARDS 9

SHARED 9

SRADHA 9

5 letter words with the letters SHARD ↑

HARDS 8

SHARD 8

4 letter words with the letters SHARD ↑

DAHS 7

DASH 7

HARD 7

RADS 5

RASH 6

SARD 5

SHAD 7

3 letter words with the letters SHARD ↑

ADS 4

AHS 5

ARS 3

ASH 5

DAH 6

HAD 6

HAS 5

RAD 4

RAH 5

RAS 3

SAD 4

SHA 5

2 letter words with the letters SHARD ↑

AD 3

AH 4

AR 2

AS 2

DA 3

HA 4

SH 4

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