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- Dictionarysplinter/ˈsplɪntə/
noun
- 1. a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece: "a splinter of ice"
verb
- 1. break or cause to break into small sharp fragments: "the soap box splintered"
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SPLINTER definition: 1. a small, sharp, broken piece of wood, glass, plastic, or similar material: 2. to break into…. Learn more.
The meaning of SPLINTER is a thin piece split or broken off lengthwise : sliver. How to use splinter in a sentence.
noun. a very small sharp piece of wood, glass, metal, etc, characteristically long and thin, broken off from a whole. a metal fragment, from the container of a shell, bomb, etc, thrown out during an explosion.
A splinter is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece.
A splinter is a narrow, pointed sliver that breaks off something larger. If you walk barefoot on a wooden floor, dock, or boardwalk, you might get a splinter of wood in your foot. Ouch!
Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] (of wood, glass, stone, etc.) to break, or to make something break, into small, thin, sharp pieces synonym shatter. The mirror cracked but did not splinter. The vase splintered into a thousand pieces.
Definition of splinter noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define splinter. splinter synonyms, splinter pronunciation, splinter translation, English dictionary definition of splinter. n. 1. A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body. 2. A splinter group. v. splin·tered , splin·ter·ing ,...
A splinter is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece. [...]
noun. These are words and phrases related to splinter. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of splinter. Pull the splinter out with a tweezer. Synonyms. sliver. fragment. shiver. chip. needle. splinter. verb. The carpenter splintered the wood when he drove in the nail. Synonyms. sliver. split. shiver.
