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- Dictionarysplin·ter/ˈsplin(t)ər/
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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to break into small, sharp pieces: The edges of the plastic cover had cracked and splintered.
The meaning of SPLINTER is a thin piece split or broken off lengthwise : sliver. How to use splinter in a sentence.
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 small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.. See examples of SPLINTER used in a sentence.
A splinter is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, 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.
SPLINTER definition: 1. a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, etc which has broken from a large piece: 2. a small group…. Learn more.
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. vb. to reduce or be reduced to sharp fragments; shatter. to break or be broken off in small sharp fragments.
Definition of splinter noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
