| Front | splinter |
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| Back | noun, verbBrE /ˈsplɪntə(r)/NAmE /ˈsplɪntər/noun a small thin sharp piece of wood, metal, glass, etc. that has broken off a larger piece shardsplinters of glass to remove a splinter from your finger verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] (of wood, glass, stone, etc.)to break, or to make sth break, into small, thin sharp pieces shatterThe mirror cracked but did not splinter. The vase splintered into a thousand pieces.~ sth The impact splintered the wood. 2 [intransitive] (of a group of people) to divide into smaller groups that are no longer connected; to separate from a larger groupThe party began to splinter. ~ (off) (from sth) Several firms have splintered off from the original company. |
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