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Synonyms for splinter

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : splin-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsplɪn tər

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Définition of splinter

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Middle Dutch splinter, splenter "a splinter," related to splinte (see splint). The adjective (as in splinter party) is first recorded 1935, from the noun.
  • noun thin piece of solid
  • verb break into thin, small pieces
Example sentences :
  • It turned out that a splinter of iron wire had penetrated the core.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • His body seemed to break and splinter, and he sprawled forward on the sand.
  • Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long
  • Would the teeth of a crocodile not splinter under that word?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
  • But Splinter added a few words of his own and they became quieter.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • One day Falk came upon a man gnawing a splinter of pine wood.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • Similarly, a splinter, if not removed and cleansed, will produce a pus-forming wound.
  • Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
  • A splinter of fir was burning in the cresset, and the fire was lighted in the stove.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • A bullet chipped away a splinter of wood beside me as I ran.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • He had already been badly wounded in the head by a splinter.
  • Extract from : « The Grateful Indian » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • One day an Indian ran a splinter far into his foot, inflicting a very serious wound.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

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