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splinter group |
splintering |
splinterless |
splinterproof |
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splintery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective splintery has 2 senses
- splintery(s = adj.all) Array - subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces; Array Derived form noun splinter1
- splintery(a = adj.pert) slivery - resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards" Derived form noun splinter1
CIDE DICTIONARY
splintery, a.
Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
splintery
Brittleness
N brittleness, fragility, friability, frangibility, fissibility, house of cards, house of glass, brittle, brash, breakable, weak, frangible, fragile, frail, gimcrack, shivery, fissile, splitting, lacerable, splintery, crisp, crimp, short, brittle as glass.
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