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    Splin·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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  3. A splinter is a small, sharp, broken piece of wood, glass, plastic, or similar material. It can also be a verb meaning to break into small, sharp pieces. See more meanings, examples, synonyms, and translations of splinter.

  4. Learn the meaning of splinter as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. A splinter is a thin piece split off lengthwise or a group broken away from a parent body.

  5. 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.

  6. A splinter is a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, metal, etc, broken off from a main body. It can also mean to break into pieces, to withdraw from a group, or to form a new party.

  7. 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.

  8. 5 days ago · A splinter is a thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece. It can also mean to break into thin, sharp pieces, or to form a group with divergent views.

  9. Learn the meaning of splinter as a noun and a verb, with examples from the corpus and verb table. Find out how to use splinter to describe a small sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal, or to refer to a group or organization that breaks into smaller parts.

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