Meaning

5 senses
  1. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

    Splitter, Splinter, Schiefer

    ще́пкаščépka, зано́заzanóza

    ска́бкаskábka, ска́лкаskálka

    a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal

  2. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

    A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh.

  3. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

    Splittergruppe

    отщепе́нцыotščepéncy

  4. A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.

  5. A fragment of a component word in a blend.

Examples

96 sentences
  1. Tom had a splinter in his finger.

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  2. I can't get this splinter out of my finger.

    deIch bekomme diesen Splitter nicht aus meinem Finger.

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  3. I have a splinter in my finger, and I can't get it out.

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  4. Tom asked Mary to help him get a splinter out of his finger.

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  5. I have a splinter in the palm of my hand.

    ruУ меня заноза в ладони.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fragment of material:
Русский
By meaning 2
fragment of material:
group:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fragment of material:
group:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: splinters
Singularsplinter
Pluralsplinters

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
group formed by splitting:factionC1splinter group
long sharp fragment:sliverB2spillA2shardspelk
Close in meaning
  • a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal:sliver

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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