splinter

Meaning

Noun

1. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
2. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
3. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
4. A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
5. A fragment of a component word in a blend.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.
2. (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
3. (figuratively) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
4. (transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

Synonyms

sliver

chip

fragment

split

thorn

break

shatter

crack

shard

splint

shred

shiver

faction

part

rend

piece

sherd

scrap

cleave

chips

board

slash

lath

bit

block

secede

spine

smash

tear

slice

break up

slit

break away

fishbone

chop

rive

wood chip

dissipate

dissent

disintegrate

disband

disagree

die

💀

chap

dehiscence

latch

decompose

bust

lop

blow out

Translations

Splitter

écharde

éclat

astilla

scheggia

splinter

scherf

zersplittern

astillar

lasca

versplinteren

Span

estella

esquille

farpa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: splinter

In summary

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