splinters Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun wood in small pieces or splinters
    matchwood.
    • the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks
  2. noun a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
    splinter; sliver.
    • he got a splinter in his finger
    • it broke into slivers
  3. verb withdraw from an organization or communion
    splinter; break away; secede.
    • After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
  4. verb divide into slivers or splinters
    splinter; sliver.
  5. verb break up into splinters or slivers
    splinter; sliver.
    • The wood splintered

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