splinter
noun
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
splinters
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pluralof splinter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof splinter (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
splinternouna small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
Example Sentences
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I also wanted to understand if my treatment, which forced me to excavate painful childhood memories lodged beneath the surface, like splinters the skin had long healed over, could help others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Speak the speech, I pray you, but not in such a way that splinters the overall story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Most top directors can’t act to save their lives, which is why they tend to appear as themselves and stick out like splinters.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
As the film moves from Guatemala to Mexico and then to the United States, Nava slowly splinters the magical realism Rosa and Enrique had grown up with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
He felt around the edges of the barn, wincing at the splinters, searching for...for what?
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
