splinter
Meaning of splinter
noun
- A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
- A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
- A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
- To come apart into long sharp fragments.
The tall tree splintered during the storm.
- To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
His third kick splintered the door.
- (of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
- To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
Information about splinter
- The plural form of splinter is: splinters.
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Hyphenation of splinter
splin-ter
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- splinter is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
splinter synonyms
Meaning sliver:
Meaning secede:
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Translation of splinter
- Italian: scheggia, scheggiarsi, scheggiare
- German: Splitter, splittern, zersplittern
- Spanish: astilla
- Portuguese: farpa
- French: éclat
Words that rhyme with splinter
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