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SPLINTERS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood in small pieces or splinters

Example:

the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks

Synonyms:

matchwood; splinters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("splinters" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb splinter

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