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Word entry · 8 letters

splinter

Best crossword clue

"Wood shard"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsplɪn.tə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eilnprstStarts with SEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. break up into splinters or slivers

Word origin

From Middle English splenter, splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint + -er.

Used in a sentence

  • The tall tree splintered during the storm.
  • It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.
  • His third kick splintered the door.

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