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flint meaning in Nepali

चकमक cakamak

/flɪnt/

flint in Nepali: चकमक (cakamak). 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.

Nepali words for flint

hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck
चकमक cakamak

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.

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Questions about flint in Nepali

What is the meaning of flint in Nepali?
Flint in Nepali is चकमक (cakamak).
flint को नेपाली अर्थ के हो?
Flint: चकमक (cakamak).
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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