Meaning of splinter in English
(Definition of splinter from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of splinter
splinter
The broken edges of such cylinders were smooth and lacked prominent splinters.
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Modern production protocols are complex, collaborative, economy-driven, and splintered.
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During the course of the work, an archaic-sounding theme on viola, like a mediaeval chant or carol, is transmogrified and splintered.
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In the meanwhile, language communities have splintered and interacted, risen and fallen.
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In addition, splinters of the confessional were taken away as healing relics.
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In fact, the splintering described above is the direct result of this gridding and stratification of the electroacoustic social space.
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The iris in a stop-light splinters and can't be seen.
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Integrative dualism is juxtaposed to versions of dualism that depict the person and body as unduly remote and splintered.
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In the same way as blend constituents, the splinters may exhibit different degrees of phonic integration.
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The emerging tensions further splintered the ceremonial veneer and led to despair.
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Rather, the electroacoustic community thus defined is splintered and better described as a field of power relations disjointed by diverging interests.
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The tires of the semitrucks within ourselves splintered on the hot pavement and could at last rest.
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Hundreds of sounds were intertwined into a coil of wiry noise, with single barbs projecting, sharp edges running along it and submerging again, while clear notes splintered and scattered.
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Glass from the windowpanes of the log cabin shattered at each incoming volley; roof shingles splintered and some broke free, indicating heavier lead, possibly buckshot, was used.
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Crystal components are dominated by thorn-shaped, inclusion-free solid volcanic quartz splinters up to 650 m in size.
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とげ, 破片, 破片（はへん）…
kıymık, parça, parçala(n)mak…
éclat [masculine], écharde [feminine], voler en éclats…
estella…
splinter, versplinteren…
splint, splintre…
flisa, skärva, sticka…
selumbar, menyerpih…
der Splitter, zersplittern…
flis [masculine], splintre, splitte…
тріска, скіпка, розколювати(ся)…
осколок, заноза…
شَظْيّة…
tříska, rozštípat (se)…
kepingan kayu, menghancurkan…
เศษเล็ก ๆ ที่แตกออก, แตกเป็นเศษเล็กเศษน้อย…
mảnh vụn, vỡ ra từng mảnh…
drzazga, odłamek, rozłupywać (się)…
조각, 가시…
scheggia, frammento, sheggiarsi…
