English Dictionary
Definition of “splinter”
splinter (ˈsplɪntə
)
Definitions
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
verb
- to reduce or be reduced to sharp fragments; shatter
- to break or be broken off in small sharp fragments
Word Origin
C14: from Middle Dutch splinter; see splint
Translations
- British English:
splinter
A splinter is a very thin sharp piece of wood or glass which has broken off from a larger piece....splinters of glass.ˈsplɪntə NOUN ...splinters of glass.
- Spanish:
astilla
nf
- French:
écharde
nf
- German:
Splitter
nm Splitter
- Chinese: 裂片 n
- Arabic: شَظِيَّة n
- Portuguese: lasca nf
- Russian: щепка nf
- Croatian: trijeska nf
- Czech: tříska nf
- Danish: splint nutr
- Dutch: splinter nm
- Finnish: lastu n
- Greek: σκλήθρα nf
- Italian: scheggia nf
- Japanese: 破片 n
- Korean: 파편 n
- Norwegian: splint nm
- Polish: odłamek nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: lasca nf
- European Spanish:
astilla
nf
- Swedish: sticka nutr
- Thai: เศษเล็กๆที่แตกออก n
- Turkish: kıymık n
- Vietnamese: mảnh vụn n
Usage examples
She didn't hear the splinter of wood, or the shrieks from Maxine.
Clive Barker, COLDHEART CANYON (2001)"He and Guest are particularly interested in how the wind pushes the ice around, making it splinter and re-form.
New Scientist (1998)The two parties will be among eight groups, ranging from Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition to a splinter group of the Ku Klux Klan.
Globe and Mail (2003)But they fear a raid by splinter groups like the Real or Continuity IRA.
Sun, News of the World (2000)She kept screaming, because a splinter from her broomstick had stuck in her bottom!
Alexander Games (compiler), THE ESSENTIAL SPIKE MILLIGAN (2002)
