Definitions for splinter

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splinter splin·ter

Spelling: [splin-ter]

IPA: /ˈsplɪn tər/

Splinter is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 435 anagrams from letters in splinter (eilnprst).

Definitions for splinter

noun

1. a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
2. splinter group.

verb (used with object)

1. to split or break into splinters.
2. to break off (something) in splinters.
3. to split or break (a larger group) into separate factions or independent groups.
4. Obsolete. to secure or support by a splint or splints, as a broken limb.

verb (used without object)

1. to be split or broken into splinters.
2. to break off in splinters.

Origin of splinter

1350-1400; Middle English Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; cf. splint

Examples for splinter

A tornado does not just topple trees, it tears off their branches and twists their trunks until they splinter.

His body seemed to break and splinter, and he sprawled forward on the sand.

One day Falk came upon a man gnawing a splinter of pine wood.

DS: I got a splinter of wood through my ear as some doors were exploding.

Would the teeth of a crocodile not splinter under that word?

Likewise, there have been reports of violence stemming from Southern splinter groups as well.

The second lesson is that progressive movements all too often splinter among themselves, rather than uniting around common values.

This faction of the opposition is itself fractured into dozens of splinter groups.

It turned out that a splinter of iron wire had penetrated the core.

But splinter added a few words of his own and they became quieter.