splintery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
  2. adjective resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points
    slivery.
    • a rough splintery floor of old pine boards

WordNet


Splin"ter*y adjective
Definitions
  1. Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.

Webster 1913