meaning of splinter
1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
3. To become split into long pieces.
4. A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ships mast rent off by a shot.
5. SPLINTER A PL/I interpreter with debugging features. [Sammet 1969, p. 600].
6. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into
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Related Words
splinter | splinter group | splintered | splintering | splinterless | splinterproof | splinters | splintery |
