Synonyms for splintery
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : splin-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsplɪn tər |
Top 10 synonyms for splintery Other synonyms for the word splintery
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- crispy
- crumbly
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- delicate
- edged
- fracturable
- fragile
- frangible
- friable
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- knifelike
- lancinating
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- shatterable
- shattery
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- vitreous
- weak
- whetted
Définition of splintery
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.
- As in sharp : adj knifelike, cutting
- As in breakable : adj easily hurt or destroyed
- As in knifelike : adj sharp
- As in lancinating : adj sharp
- As in stabbing : adj sharp
- The nature of the bark is known by its splintery, fibrous, or corky texture.
- Extract from : « On the Banks of the Amazon » by W.H.G. Kingston
- It is rarely used for inside finishing, owing to its brittle and splintery character.
- Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
- The next rock is a porphyritic horn-stone, and splintery horn-stone.
- Extract from : « The Mission to Siam, and Hu the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 » by George Finlayson
- Hornstone occurs under three modifications; splintery hornstone, conchoidal hornstone, and woodstone.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
- A brittle wood breaks suddenly with a clean instead of a splintery fracture and without warning.
- Extract from : « The Mechanical Properties of Wood » by Samuel J. Record
- Yes, over the surface of the water radiated a ferny, splintery film, which was ice.
- Extract from : « The House of Fulfilment » by George Madden Martin
- Hornstone is more brittle than flint and has a splintery rather than a conchoidal fracture.
- Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 2 [February 1902] » by Various
- But on December 19th came another dreadful and splintery packing-case.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 23, 1919 » by Various
- Calcareous incrustations, including fragments of madrepores, and of shells, cemented by splintery carbonate of lime.
- Extract from : « Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] » by Phillip Parker King
- At Point Deas Thompson the limestone re-appears, having reddish-brown and flesh-red colours, and a splintery fracture.
- Extract from : « Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea » by John Franklin
Antonyms for splintery
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