Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A (pine) needle.
Nadel, Kiefernnadel
(countable, uncountable)A scattering, a smattering; a quantity of something scattered, like a sprinkling of seeds or a shower of rain.
(slang, uncountable)A form of concentrated cannabis.
(archaic, countable)A fragment of anything shattered.
to break a glass into shatters
Splitter, Stückchen
Examples
132 sentencesThe priceless china shattered into fragments.
ruБесценный фарфор разлетелся на куски.
The vase fell to the floor and shattered.
ruВаза упала на пол и разбилась.
deDie Vase fiel auf den Boden und zerbrach.
The cup shattered when it hit the floor.
Tom dropped a cup on the floor and it shattered into a thousand pieces.
ruТом уронил на пол чашку, и она разбилась на тысячу осколков.
deTom ließ eine Tasse auf den Fußboden fallen, und sie zersprang in tausend Stücke.
The mirror was shattered.
ruЗеркало было разбито.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle EnglishFrom Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle English scateren ("to scatter"; see scatter), from Old English scaterian, from Proto-Germanic *skat- (“to smash, scatter”), perhaps ultimately imitative.
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Forms
plural: shattersSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable