shard
noun
1. a broken piece of a brittle artifact
Similar word(s): fragment, sherd
Definition categories: man–made, piece
verb
1. (intransitive) To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
2. (transitive) To break (something) into shards.
3. (online role-playing, transitive) To divide (an MMORPG) into several shards, or to establish a shard of one.