flintnoun [ C or U ]
uk/flɪnt/us/flɪnt/(a piece of) shiny grey or black stone that is like glass
(a piece of) stone or metal used in a musket to make it fire or in a cigarette lighter to produce a flame
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Geology: types of rock
- alabaster
- basalt
- basaltic
- bioclastic
- boulder
- carboniferous
- chalk
- clastic
- conglomerate
- cryolite
- flinty
- gneiss
- gypsum
- haematite
- igneous
- lava
- quartz
- schist
- sedimentary
- slate
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