Meaning & use
Potsherd
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A broken fragment of ceramic material, especially one found in an archaeological excavation.
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Archaeologists carefully catalogued each potsherd unearthed at the dig site.
The museum display included potsherds dating back over two thousand years.
A note on using this word
Combines 'pot' with 'sherd,' an old variant of 'shard'; potsherds are among the most common finds in archaeology because pottery survives well underground.
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shardfragment
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