flinders

¹ American  

[flin-derz] / ˈflɪn dərz /

plural noun

1. splinters; small pieces or fragments.

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Flinders ² American  

[flin-derz] / ˈflɪn dərz /

noun

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

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

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flinders British  

/ ˈflɪndəz /

plural noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of flinders

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

Example Sentences

The infinite threatened to make all motion impossible, while the void threatened to smash the nutshell universe into a thousand flinders.

From Literature

Tiwanaku split into flinders that would not be united for another four centuries, when the Inka swept them up.

From Literature

A stack of old Washington Post stories on the District’s street nomenclature had been reduced to flinders.

From Washington Post

After the pillows came the furniture and other household goods, every bit of it either shivered to flinders or carried off.

From Project Gutenberg

“If that iceberg hit us, it would knock us to flinders,” was Chet’s comment, as he viewed the oncoming mass.

From Project Gutenberg