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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

  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 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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