SPLINTER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
   Synonym(s)
   • flinders (what does flinders mean?)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he got a splinter in his finger
   • it flew into flinders
   Hypernyms(s) splinter is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bit (what does bit mean?)
   • chip (what does chip mean?)
   • flake (what does flake mean?)
   • fleck (what does fleck mean?)
   • scrap (what does scrap mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   • splinter (what does splinter mean?)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   • splinter (what does splinter mean?)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   • splinter (what does splinter mean?)

SPLINTER as VERB

1. Meaning
   • break up into splinters or slivers
   Synonym(s)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The wood splintered
   Hypernyms(s) splinter is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • fragment (what does fragment mean?)
   • fragmentize (what does fragmentize mean?)
   • fragmentise (what does fragmentise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • splinter (what does splinter mean?)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   • flinders (what does flinders mean?)
   • splinter (what does splinter mean?)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   • flinders (what does flinders mean?)
2. Meaning
   • divide into slivers or splinters
   Synonym(s)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) splinter is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • divide (what does divide mean?)
   • split (what does split mean?)
   • split up (what does split up mean?)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   • dissever (what does dissever mean?)
   • carve up (what does carve up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • splinter (what does splinter mean?)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   • flinders (what does flinders mean?)
   • chip (what does chip mean?)
   • chipping (what does chipping mean?)
   • splintering (what does splintering mean?)
   • paring (what does paring mean?)
   • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
   • shaving (what does shaving mean?)
3. Meaning
   • withdraw from an organization or communion
   Synonym(s)
   • break away (what does break away mean?)
   • secede (what does secede mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
   Hypernyms(s) splinter is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   • split up (what does split up mean?)
   • split (what does split mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • breakaway (what does breakaway mean?)
   • breaking away (what does breaking away mean?)
   • secession (what does secession mean?)
   • withdrawal (what does withdrawal mean?)