homage. n. an honor, tribute, or respectful reference to someone or something. The word is pronounced OM-ij or HOM-ij, not oe-MAZH, as is popular in the entertainment industry. This erroneous pronunciation came about when people starting thinking the word was French and wanted to sound sophisticated. The word is not French. It comes from Middle English, then from Old French, which was not pronounced the same as modern French. The French word for homage is  hommage  (with two m's).
counter noun [ C ] (SURFACE) âº a long, flat, narrow surface in a store, bank, restaurant, etc., at which people are served: He sat down at the counter of the diner and ordered a cup of coffee. âº A counter is also a flat surface in a kitchen on which food can be prepared.
shard. n. 1. a broken piece or fragment of a brittle substance, esp of pottery. 2. (Zoology) zoology a tough sheath, scale, or shell, esp the elytra of a beetle. [Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch].hard. n. 1. A broken piece or fragment, as of pottery or glass.