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flint meaning in Hindi

चक़मक़ caqmaq

/flɪnt/

flint in Hindi: चक़मक़ (caqmaq), चकमक (cakmak). In English, flint means a hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.

Hindi words for flint

hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck
चक़मक़ caqmaq, चकमक cakmak

English meaning of flint

  1. noun A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
  2. noun A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
  3. noun A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
  4. noun A variety of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.

Full definition of flint

flint in a sentence

  • He used flint to make a fire.
  • He used a flint to make a fire.

flint in other languages

Questions about flint in Hindi

What is the meaning of flint in Hindi?
Flint in Hindi is चक़मक़ (caqmaq), चकमक (cakmak).
flint का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
Flint: चक़मक़ (caqmaq), चकमक (cakmak).
What does flint mean in English?
Flint means a hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.

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