Definition of splinter Splinter

/splɪˈntɚ/ - [splinter] - splin•ter

We found 16 definitions of splinter from 5 different sources.

What does splinter mean?

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Noun Plural: splinters
splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
		sliver
		fleck, flake, scrap, chip, bit a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"
Verb splinters, splintering, splintered
splinter - break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
		sliver
		fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up laugh unrestrainedly
splinter - divide into slivers or splinters
		sliver
		carve up, dissever, split up, split, divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
splinter - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
		secede, break away
		split up, part, split, separate, break up, break divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

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splinter (Noun)
A long, sharp fragment of material; often wood.
splinter (Noun)
A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
splinter (Verb)
To come apart into long sharp fragments.
splinter (Verb)
To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
splinter (Verb)
To break, or cause to break, into factions.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

splinter (n.)
To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
splinter (n.)
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
splinter (v. i.)
To become split into long pieces.
splinter (n.)
A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

splinter
A sharp fragment of a larger object, animal spine, or any foreign body that can penetrate into one's body.
splinter
To break up into many small splinters.

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splinter, verb, present, 1st person singular of splinter (infinitive).
splinter, verb (infinitive).
splinter, noun, singular of splinters.

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