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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
to break into small, sharp pieces: The edges of the plastic cover had cracked and splintered.
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.
We often use the word splinter to refer to tiny shards of wood that lodge under the skin, but a sliver of any hard material — stone, glass, bone, wood, metal — can be called a splinter. When something splinters, it breaks into individual bits.
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.
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 splinter is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece. 2. If something splinters or is splintered , it breaks into thin, sharp pieces.
Splinter definition: A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body.