Word Cache-EP 40
“I broke my cherished porcelain cup.”
#brittle
B-R-I-T-T-L-E
Easily broken, cracked, or snapped.
- The inability to withstand impact and the ability to leave scratches on iron shows that ceramics are, while being brittle, actually harder than iron.
- Sufficient intake of both calcium and vitamin D protects your bones from becoming brittle.
#harden
H-A-R-D-E-N
To make something hard or harder; to become firm, stable, or settled.
- Clay is soft, but with proper firing, it hardens and becomes the ceramics we use.
- Her mind has hardened after surviving through all those tough times.
#shatter
S-H-A-T-T-E-R
To break at once into pieces.
- The cup shattered into countless shards with a loud noise upon hitting the floor.
- The plastic film that is glued beneath the wind shield prevents it from shattering when it cracks.
#shard
S-H-A-R-D
A piece or fragment of a brittle substance.
- Shards of glass or ceramics can be very sharp and dangerous, better sweep the floor thoroughly after breaking a cup or dish.
- The prisoner escaped by cutting the rope with a shard from a broken plate.
#sharp
S-H-A-R-P
Adapted to cutting or piercing: such as having a thin keen edge or fine point.
- Chopping on hard bones will ruin the sharp edge of a knife quickly.
- If a blade becomes dull, you can sharpen it on a whetstone.