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Meaning
Noun
●
A
piece
of
broken
glass
or
pottery
, especially one found in an
archaeological
dig.
●
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.
●
In Video games:
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.
●
In Databases:
A
component
of a
sharded
distributed
database.
●
A
piece
of
crystal
methamphetamine.
●
The
plant
chard.
Verb
●
To
fall apart
into
shards
, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
●
To
break
(something) into shards.
●
In Video games:
To
divide
(an MMORPG) into several
shard
s, or to
establish
a
shard
of one.
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Wiktionary
Synonyms
Potsherd
Splinter
Partition
Sherd
Sliver
Fragment
Related
Crystal
Orb
Obelisk
Marble
Cube
Cavern
Slab
Sawblade
Golem
Tower
Dungeon
Jewel
Gemstone
Chunk
Pickaxe
Miniboss
Block
Bead
Wraith
Dome
Piece
Building
Bowl
Trinket
Ring
Mound
Bauble
Mansion
Glass
Spire
Square
Quarry
Node
Slice
Layer
Skeleton
Stone
Sack
Skyscraper
Site
Pile
Sphinx
Jar
Wall
Database
Gem
Ingot
Bridge
City
Dragon
Sculpture
Device
Bottle
Vertex
Crypt
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Rhymes
Ard
Bard
Sard
Yard
Tard
Pard
Hard
Fard
Lard
Card
Card
Nard
Hard
Guard
Guard
Shard
Chard
Canard
Holard
Marred
Regard
Echard
Retard
Leotard
Discard
Unitard
Poulard
Chresard
Misregard
Disregard
Oversparred
Knacker'S Yard
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