Search Result:splinters
Overview of noun splinters
The noun splinters has 1 sense
- matchwood, splinters -- (wood in small pieces or splinters; "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks")
Overview of noun splinter
The noun splinter has 1 sense
- splinter, sliver -- (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers")
Overview of verb splinter
The verb splinter has 3 senses
- secede, splinter, break away -- (withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away")
- sliver, splinter -- (divide into slivers or splinters)
- splinter, sliver -- (break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered")