Episode 40 12/22/2022

I broke my cherished porcelain cup.

#brittle B-R-I-T-T-L-E

Easily broken, cracked, or snapped.

1. The inability to withstand impact and the ability to leave scratches on iron shows that ceramics are, while being brittle, actually harder than iron.
2. 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.

1. Clay is soft, but with proper firing, it hardens and becomes the ceramics we use.
2. 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.

1. The cup shattered into countless shards with a loud noise upon hitting the floor.
2. 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.

1. Shards of glass or ceramics can be very sharp and dangerous, better sweep the floor thoroughly after breaking a cup or dish.
2. 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.

1. Chopping on hard bones will ruin the sharp edge of a knife quickly.
2. If a blade becomes dull, you can sharpen it on a whetstone.