splinter
noun
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
unsplintered
-
a word derived from
splinter.
Example Sentences
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The roots should be cut back to sound unsplintered wood, and very long roots may well be shortened.
From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
The marble work of parapets and steps was unsplintered by frosts.
From A Laodicean : a Story of To-day by Thomas Hardy
