| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| splinter |
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| SYLLABICATION: | splin·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  spl n t r |
| NOUN: | 1. A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body. 2. A splinter group. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: splin·tered, splin·ter·ing, splin·ters
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To split or break into sharp, slender pieces; form splinters. See synonyms at break. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To cause to splinter. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Middle Dutch. | | OTHER FORMS: | splinter·y —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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