Skip to main content

potsherd

/pot-shurd/US // ˈpɒtˌʃɜrd //UK // (ˈpɒtˌʃɜːd) //

锅盖头,锅灶,锅碗瓢盆,锅盖

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.

Examples

  • In like manner, the painting on the potsherd given above, is made with white clay, and with black clay containing coal.

  • This specimen was obtained from a small potsherd picked up near Washington, D.C.

  • The potsherd of the earth may strive with the potsherd, but woe to the man that strives with his Maker.

  • The piece of potsherd was covered with white enamel, described by Palissy as “singularly beautiful!”

  • The material on one only of the three hundred pieces of potsherd had melted, and it was taken out to cool.