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Sherds | Sherd

Sherds meaning

plural of sherd

Using Sherds

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of sherd
  • In the example corpus, sherds often appears in combinations such as: pottery sherds.

Context around Sherds

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pottery 3× collected 1× artifacts 1×

Often after:

weathered 1×

Sentence patterns with Sherds

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ceramic artifacts sherds and larger 1× inscribed pottery sherds were unearthed 1× of collected sherds can be 1× ware pottery sherds that sat 1× wood pottery sherds weathered stones 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a trove of 1× among the artifacts 1× processing of collected 1× the valuable painted 1× traditional analysis involves 1×

Common sentence endings:

and a tooth 1× city of indraprastha 1× in the negev 1× manufacturing and morphology 1× technical and traditional 1×

Words around Sherds

Just before it in the word index:

sherdley 5 sherden 2 sherdel 5 sherd 1 sherco 3 sherby 2

Just after it in the word index:

shere 12 sheree 21 shereen 6 sherels 7 sheremetev 2 sheremetyevo 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Sherds

  • In this selection, "sherds" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pottery, collected, artifacts and weathered stand out and add context to how "sherds" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ceramic artifacts sherds and larger and inscribed pottery sherds were unearthed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sherds" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sherds

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Processing of collected sherds can be consistent with two main types of analysis: technical and traditional. (16 words)

Traditional analysis involves sorting ceramic artifacts, sherds and larger fragments into specific types based on style, composition, manufacturing and morphology. (20 words)

Among the artifacts recovered were a piece of wood, pottery sherds, weathered stones initially described as hand tools, fossilized bones, and a tooth. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

The “valuable” Painted Grey Ware pottery sherds that sat in Swarnkar’s cupped palms are what the ASI hopes will be the key to a question that has baffled scholars, archaeologists and politicians alike – is Purana Qila the site of the city of Indraprastha? (44 words)

A trove of some 100 ostraca — inscribed pottery sherds — were unearthed in a 1960s excavation of a small, remote military fortress at Tel Arad in the Negev. (27 words)

Among the artifacts recovered were a piece of wood, pottery sherds, weathered stones initially described as hand tools, fossilized bones, and a tooth. (23 words)

Question examples

The “valuable” Painted Grey Ware pottery sherds that sat in Swarnkar’s cupped palms are what the ASI hopes will be the key to a question that has baffled scholars, archaeologists and politicians alike – is Purana Qila the site of the city of Indraprastha? (44 words)

Example sentences (5)

The “valuable” Painted Grey Ware pottery sherds that sat in Swarnkar’s cupped palms are what the ASI hopes will be the key to a question that has baffled scholars, archaeologists and politicians alike – is Purana Qila the site of the city of Indraprastha?

A trove of some 100 ostraca — inscribed pottery sherds — were unearthed in a 1960s excavation of a small, remote military fortress at Tel Arad in the Negev.

Among the artifacts recovered were a piece of wood, pottery sherds, weathered stones initially described as hand tools, fossilized bones, and a tooth.

Processing of collected sherds can be consistent with two main types of analysis: technical and traditional.

Traditional analysis involves sorting ceramic artifacts, sherds and larger fragments into specific types based on style, composition, manufacturing and morphology.

Common combinations with sherds

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sherds" in a sentence?
An example: "The “valuable” Painted Grey Ware pottery sherds that sat in Swarnkar’s cupped palms are what the ASI hopes will be the key to a question that has baffled scholars, archaeologists and politicians alike – is Purana Qila the site of the city of Indraprastha?" This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "sherds" from authentic English texts.
What does "sherds" mean?
Sherds means: plural of sherd
How many example sentences with "sherds" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "sherds", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.