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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"
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.
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.
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...
5 days ago · A splinter is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece. ...splinters of glass. [ + of] ...a splinter in the finger. Synonyms: sliver, fragment, chip, needle More Synonyms of splinter. 2. verb. If something splinters or is splintered, it breaks into thin, sharp pieces.
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. (Definition of splinter from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of splinter. in Chinese (Traditional) （木頭、玻璃、塑膠等的）尖細條，尖碎片, 裂成碎片… See more.
splinter. noun. /ˈsplɪntə (r)/. /ˈsplɪntər/. a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, metal, glass, etc. that has broken off a larger piece synonym shard. splinters of glass. to remove a splinter from your finger. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
[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. See splinter in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: splinter.
