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pot-sherd

pot-sherd is the alternative form of potsherd.

Meaning of potsherd

Noun

potsherd (plural potsherds)

  1. (often) A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.
    • But this madde Amalecke, / Lyke to a Mamelek, / He regardeth lordes / No more than potshordes; […]a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Here after Foloweth a Lytell Boke, whiche hath to Name Why Come Ye Nat to Courte? […]”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […]...
    Synonyms:
    shard, sherd

Forms of pot-sherd

pluralpot-sherds

Questions about pot-sherd

What is pot-sherd the alternative form of?
Pot-sherd is the alternative form of potsherd.

Words near pot-sherd in the dictionary

  1. pot-pies
  2. pot-plant
  3. pot-plants
  4. pot-pourri
  5. pot-pourris
  6. pot-sherd
  7. pot-sherds
  8. pot-shoot
  9. pot-shooting
  10. pot-shoots
  11. pot-shot

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