potsherd
part of speech
noun (potsherds)
meaning for a pupil
A broken piece of an old clay pot or dish, often found in the ground. tree →
sense in the lessons
in tales, a bit of broken pot with a message scratched on it.
examples
- She asked to see the potsherd. tree →
- The archaeologist found a potsherd in the field. tree →
- He gave the lad a piece of broken potsherd. tree →
note
nothing for maths.
In the corpora
- Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth!
- And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
- Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
Trees and pragmatics
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