Plural of splinter
regular plural
The plural of splinter is splinters.
Forms of splinter
| Singular | splinter /ˈsplɪn.tə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | splinters |
| Countable | countable |
Splinters in a sentence
- When the car crashed into the deck, it chiseled up sharp splinters of wood.From the entry chisel up
- More shells and splinters came the pontooner's way than anyone else's.2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 232. From the entry pontooner
- All of the neuropathic pain was back in her hands, a continuous sparkling flare, like being pricked by glass splinters.2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 343. From the entry neuropathic pain
- The smaller shells make a complete slaughterhouse of the bridge, and the splinters scythe through anyone out on deck.2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 20:09 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov…. From the entry scythe
- The rollers wore grooves in the nursery floors and the chars complained of getting splinters in their hands while scrubbing.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 77. From the entry char
Meaning of splinter
- noun A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
- noun A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh.
- noun A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
Questions about the plural of splinter
- What is the plural of splinter?
- The plural of splinter is splinters.
- Is splinter countable?
- Splinter is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: splinter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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