splinter
Syllables: splin·ter/ˈsplɪn.tɚ/UK/ˈsplɪn.tə/
splinter noun: a long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
Noun
splinter (plural splinters)
Verb
splinter (third-person singular simple present splinters, present participle splintering, simple past and past participle splintered)
- To come apart into long sharp fragments.
- The tall tree splintered during the storm.
- It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.2012, Marcus Samuelsson, “One: My African Mother”, in Yes, Chef, Random House, →ISBN, page 6
- To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
- His third kick splintered the door.
- After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC
- To break, or cause to break, into factions.
- The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
- The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
- To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
- it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.1659, Matthew Wren, Monarchy Asserted Or The State of Monarchicall & Popular Government
Proper noun capitalized: Splinter
Splinter (plural Splinters)
- A surname.
splinter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
splinter in Hindi
- splinter
- किरच kirac, कोर kor
- to splinter, tear
- चिरना cirnā
splinter in Tamil
- குச்சு, சிம்பு, பிரித்தல், பிரிப்பு, பிளப்பு, பிளவு
splinter in Marathi
- स्प्लिंटर, स्प्लिन्टर
splinter in Urdu
- splinter
- کور kor
More languagesFewer languages
- splinter in Bengali
- ফালি, টুকরো, চির
- splinter in Telugu
- స్ప్లింటర్
- splinter in Malayalam
- ചീള് cīḷŭ
- splinter in Kannada
- ಸಿವರು, ಸಿಗುರು, ಸಿಗುರ್, ಚೀರು
- splinter in Punjabi
- ਫਾੜੀ phāṛī
- splinter in Gujarati
- સ્પ્લિન્ટર, સ્પ્લિંટર, સ્પ્લીન્ટર
- splinter in Odia
- କାଠି kāṭhi
- splinter in Nepali
- स्प्लिन्टर, स्प्लिन्टार
- splinter in Pashto
- لشه laša
- splinter in Tagalog
- subyang
- splinter in Arabic
- شَظِيَّة šaẓiyya
- splinter in Persian
- تریشه teriše
- splinter in Thai
- เสี้ยน sîian
Examples of splinter in a sentence
- When the car crashed into the deck, it chiseled up sharp splinters of wood.
- The splinter has buried itself under the nail.
- I need to pull the splinter out of my hand.
Synonyms of splinter
Forms of splinter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | splinters |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | splinters |
| present participle | splintering |
| past participle | splintered |
| past | splintered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Splinters |
Origin of splinter
From Middle English splenter, splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint + -er.
From the noun splinter.
Borrowed from Dutch and North German Splinter.
Words formed from splinter
Phrases with splinter
Words that rhyme with splinter
Questions about splinter
- What does splinter mean?
- Splinter means a long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
- What is splinter in Hindi?
- Splinter in Hindi is किरच (kirac), कोर (kor), चिरना (cirnā). See Splinter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is splinter?
- Splinter can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce splinter?
- Splinter is pronounced /ˈsplɪn.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of splinter?
- The plural of splinter is splinters.
Words near splinter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: splinter (page history and authors); Splinter (page history and authors); किरच (Hindi) (page history and authors); splinter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); splinter (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); کور (Urdu) (page history and authors); splinter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); splinter (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ചീള് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); splinter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਫਾੜੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); splinter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); କାଠି (Odia) (page history and authors); splinter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); لشه (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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