flinders

[ flin-derz ]

/ ˈflɪn dərz /

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plural noun

splinters; small pieces or fragments.

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Origin of flinders

1400–50; late Middle English flendris, perhaps <Scandinavian; compare Norwegian flindra splinter; perhaps akin to flint

Words nearby flinders

flighty, flim, flimflam, flimsy, flinch, flinders, Flinders bar, Flinders grass, Flinders Island, Flinders Range, fling

Other definitions for flinders (2 of 2)

Flinders

[ flin-derz ]

/ ˈflɪn dərz /

noun

Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.

a river in NE Australia, flowing NW to the Gulf of Carpentaria. 520 miles (837 km) long.

How to use flinders in a sentence

In passing round Cape Flinders, there appeared to be a considerable diminution in the remains of the Frederick's wreck.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Captain Flinders supposes the spring tides to rise not less than fifteen feet.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Captain Flinders mentions high water taking place on shore at eight hours after the moon's passage.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Captain Flinders was at these islands at the latter end of September, and found it abundant.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

The longitude of the south-west end of this island is by Captain Flinders' observation in 150 degrees 13 minutes East.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

British Dictionary definitions for flinders

flinders

/ (ˈflɪndəz) /

pl n

rare small fragments or splinters (esp in the phrase fly into flinders)

Word Origin for flinders

C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian flindra thin piece of stone

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