shard
/ʃɑrd/
noun
- A sharp piece of broken glass, metal, pottery, or other hard material.
- Archaeologists found a shard of an ancient clay pot.
- The vase shattered, leaving tiny shards all over the floor.
- She stepped on a shard of glass and cut her foot.
- A small, sharp fragment of something, especially in a figurative sense.
- A shard of ice fell from the roof.
- He felt a shard of guilt after telling the lie.
- The mirror broke into a hundred shards.