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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.
How to use splinter in a sentence. a thin piece split or broken off lengthwise : sliver; a small needlelike particle; a group or faction broken away from a parent body… See the full definition
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 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!
1. a very small sharp piece of wood, glass, metal, etc, characteristically long and thin, broken off from a whole. 2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a metal fragment, from the container of a shell, bomb, etc, thrown out during an explosion. vb. 3. to reduce or be reduced to sharp fragments; shatter.
Splinter definition: A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body.
A splinter is a very thin sharp piece of wood or glass which has broken off from a larger piece.
splinter meaning, definition, what is splinter: a small sharp piece of wood, glass, or m...: Learn more.
a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, etc which has broken from a large piece: I've got a splinter in my finger. a splinter group. a small group of people that forms after leaving a larger organization, such as a political party. splinter. verb [ I ] to break into small, sharp pieces.
splinter. verb. /ˈsplɪntə (r)/ /ˈsplɪntər/ 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. splinter something The impact splintered the wood.
