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splinter

(splɪntəʳ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense splinters, present participle splintering, past tense, past participle splintered
1. countable noun
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.
The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces. [VERB preposition/adverb]
The stone rocketed into the glass, splintering it. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: shatter, split, fracture, shiver [archaic, literary] More Synonyms of splinter

splinter in British English

(ˈsplɪntə)
noun
1. 
a very small sharp piece of wood, glass, metal, etc, characteristically long and thin, broken off from a whole
2. 
a metal fragment, from the container of a shell, bomb, etc, thrown out during an explosion
verb
3. 
to reduce or be reduced to sharp fragments; shatter
4. 
to break or be broken off in small sharp fragments
Word origin
C14: from Middle Dutch splinter; see splint

splinter in American English

(ˈsplɪntər)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. 
to break or split into thin, sharp pieces
2. 
to break into small parts or into groups with divergent views; fragment
noun
3. 
a thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, etc., made by splitting or breaking; sliver
4. 
a splinter group
adjective
5. 
designating a group that separates from a main party, church, etc. because of divergent views
SIMILAR WORDS:  break
Word origin
ME < MDu, akin to splinte, splint

Examples of 'splinter' in a sentence
splinter

Broadcasting has splintered and fragmented beyond recognition since sports commentary began.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This problem raises the issue of how strong you need be to make a splinter bid.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Long splinters of wood lay exposed on the surface.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
By making the splinter bid you help partner decide whether or not his hand fits with yours.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Each time it slammed into him there were splinters of glass raining down on him.
The Sun (2015)
But his crime left a splinter of glass in my brain.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It bounced and splintered into pieces.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Glass splintered somewhere and wood snapped.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You had to be careful when you stepped out of the bath otherwise you were liable to get splinters in your feet.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
While not hefty, this double bill offers two sharp little splinters of wit.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His ivory leg had been snapped off, leaving but one short sharp splinter.
Herman Melville Moby Dick (1901)
For a few moments, splinters and pieces of wood rained on the earth.
Christianity Today (2000)
At its head was a froth of splintered wood; plastic and cars bobbing along on its back.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
 GETTING a splinter out of your finger.
The Sun (2012)
A nurse who gets a splinter in her finger and seems to acquire miraculous powers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I was covered in splinters and glass.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Specifically, there must be three reserved areas if the business is to remain a whole rather than splinter into fragments.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
From below they could hear the splinter of wood as Stringer and his men kicked in the doors of locked houses.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
A short distance away were many ladies and gentlemen who had been wounded by splinters of wood or fragments of iron.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Tribe has turned on tribe, rebel movements have fragmented, then splintered.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
splinter

British English: splinter /ˈsplɪntə/ NOUN
A splinter is a very thin sharp piece of wood or glass which has broken off from a larger piece.
...splinters of glass.
  • American English: splinter
  • Arabic: شَظِيَّة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: lasca
  • Chinese: 裂片
  • Croatian: krhotina
  • Czech: tříska
  • Danish: splint
  • Dutch: splinter
  • European Spanish: astilla
  • Finnish: lastu
  • French: écharde
  • German: Splitter
  • Greek: σκλήθρα
  • Italian: scheggia
  • Japanese: 破片
  • Korean: 파편
  • Norwegian: splint
  • Polish: odłamek
  • European Portuguese: lasca
  • Romanian: țandără
  • Russian: щепка
  • Latin American Spanish: astilla
  • Swedish: sticka i finger
  • Thai: เศษเล็กๆ ที่แตกออก
  • Turkish: kıymık
  • Ukrainian: осколок
  • Vietnamese: mảnh vụn
British English: splinter VERB
If something splinters or is splintered, it breaks into thin, sharp pieces.
The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces.
The metal blade splintered the wood.
  • American English: splinter
  • Brazilian Portuguese: despedaçar
  • Chinese: 裂
  • European Spanish: astillarse
  • French: se briser
  • German: splittern
  • Italian: andare in pezzi
  • Japanese: 粉々に砕ける
  • Korean: 쪼개지다
  • European Portuguese: despedaçar
  • Latin American Spanish: astillarse

Chinese translation of 'splinter'

splinter

(ˈsplɪntəʳ)

n (c)

  1. [of wood] 刺 (cì)
  2. [of glass] 碎片 (suìpiàn)

vi

  1. 裂成碎片 (lièchéng suìpiàn)
(noun) 
Definition
a small thin sharp piece broken off, esp. from wood
a splinter in the finger
Synonyms
sliver
A sliver of glass was embedded in the skin.
fragment
She read everything, digesting every fragment of news.
chip
His eyes gleamed like chips of blue glass.
needle
shaving
The floor was covered with shavings from his wood carvings.
flake
flakes of paint
paring
(verb) 
Definition
to break or be broken into small sharp fragments
The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces.
Synonyms
shatter
Safety glass won't shatter if it's broken.
split
In a severe gale the ship split in two.
fracture
a society that could fracture along class lines
shiver (archaic, literary)
disintegrate
At 420 mph the windscreen disintegrated.
break into fragments
smash into smithereens

Additional synonyms

in the sense of chip
Definition
a small piece removed by chopping, cutting, or breaking
His eyes gleamed like chips of blue glass.
Synonyms
fragment,
scrap,
shaving,
flake,
paring,
wafer,
sliver,
shard
in the sense of disintegrate
Definition
(of an object) to break into fragments
At 420 mph the windscreen disintegrated.
Synonyms
break up,
crumble,
fall apart,
separate,
shatter,
splinter,
break apart,
fall to pieces,
go to pieces,
disunite
in the sense of flake
Definition
to peel or cause to peel off in flakes
flakes of paint
Synonyms
chip,
scale,
layer,
peeling,
shaving,
disk,
wafer,
sliver,
lamina,
squama

Nearby words of
splinter

  • splendour
  • splenetic
  • splice
  • splinter
  • split
  • split hairs
  • split off

Synonyms of 'splinter'

splinter

Explore 'splinter' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of fracture
Definition
to break
a society that could fracture along class lines
Synonyms
split,
separate,
divide,
rend (literary),
fragment,
splinter,
rupture
in the sense of fragment
Definition
an incomplete piece
She read everything, digesting every fragment of news.
Synonyms
piece,
part,
bit,
scrap,
particle,
portion,
fraction,
shiver (archaic, literary),
shred,
remnant,
speck,
sliver,
wisp,
morsel,
oddment,
chip
in the sense of shaving
Definition
a thin slice of something such as wood, which has been shaved off
The floor was covered with shavings from his wood carvings.
Synonyms
flake,
strip,
slice,
wafer,
lamella
in the sense of shiver
Definition
to break into fragments
Synonyms
splinter,
break,
crack,
smash,
shatter,
fragment,
smash to smithereens
in the sense of split
Definition
to break or cause (something) to break into separate pieces
In a severe gale the ship split in two.
Synonyms
break,
crack,
burst,
snap,
break up,
open,
give way,
splinter,
gape,
come apart,
come undone
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