1. broken fragments of something brittle, especially glass, pottery, or metal

Examples

• The broken vase left shards of ceramic scattered across the floor.
• She carefully swept up the glass shards after the window broke.
• Archaeologists found pottery shards at the ancient settlement.
• The explosion sent metal shards flying in all directions.
• He cut his foot on a shard of broken bottle.
• The mirror lay in countless shards after it fell.
• Workers wore protective gear to avoid injury from flying shards.