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# potsherd

«potsherd» in Mova's school dictionary: **A broken piece of an old clay pot or dish, often found in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potsherd/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potsherd/#x1)
- The archaeologist found a potsherd in the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potsherd/#x2)
- He gave the lad a piece of broken potsherd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potsherd/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### In the corpora

- [Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1010/)
- [And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.30/)
- [Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1153/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «potsherd» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potsherd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.