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a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, etc which has broken from a large piece: I've got a splinter in my finger. a splinter group. a small group of people that forms after leaving a larger organization, such as a political party. splinter. verb [ I ] to break into small, sharp pieces.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English splin‧ter1 /ˈsplɪntə $ -ər/ noun [ countable] a small sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal, that has broken off a larger piece I’ve got a splinter in my finger. splinter of splinters of glass —splintery adjective Examples from the Corpus splinter • He'd given up woodwork, having driven a splinter t...
[intransitive] (of a group of people) to divide into smaller groups that are no longer connected; to separate from a larger group. The party began to splinter. splinter (off) (from something) Several firms have splintered off from the original company. Word Origin. See splinter in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
