flint in Persian
چخماق čaxmâq
/flɪnt/
flint in Persian: چخماق (čaxmâq), آتشزنه (ātašzane). 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.
Persian words for flint
- hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck
- چخماق čaxmâq, آتشزنه ātašzane
English meaning of flint
- 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.
- noun A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
- noun A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
- noun A variety of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
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 Persian
- What is the meaning of flint in Persian?
- Flint in Persian is چخماق (čaxmâq), آتشزنه (ātašzane).
- معنی flint چیست؟
- Flint: چخماق (čaxmâq), آتشزنه (ātašzane).
- 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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