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SPLINTERS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wood in small pieces or splinters
Example:
the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks
Synonyms:
matchwood; splinters
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("splinters" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb splinter
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