Strong's Definition
a collateral form mediating between 2775 and 2791; a piece of pottery
KJV Usage: earth(-en), (pot-)sherd, + stone
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֶ֫רֶשׂ (che.re.s) — earthenware. earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · חֶרֶס · חַרְסִית
Containers
earthenware vessel, clay pot = container ◄ made of baked clay; ► used for household activities, in sacrificial rituals, and for the storage of documents; ≈ regarded as of low value
LEV 6:21 · LEV 11:33 · LEV 14:5 · LEV 14:50 · LEV 15:12 · NUM 5:17 · PRO 26:23 · ISA 45:9 · ISA 45:9 · JER 19:1 · JER 32:14 · LAM 4:2
Containers
potsherd = piece of baked clay; often with sharp, jagged edges; ◄ part of a broken earthenware vessel; ► can be used for activities like scooping water, carrying hot coals, scraping oneself, and wounding oneself in order to express one's sorrow; ≈ symbol of dryness
1 EZK 23:34 MT HOTTP-B NIV NJB NJPS NRSV REB GNT CEV | RSV "hair"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֶ֫רֶשׂ n.[m.] earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd potsherd base