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Meaning of 'splint' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Splint [ v. t.]
- A piece split off; a splinter.
- A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.
- A splint bone.
- A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
- One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
- Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
- To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
- To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.

Meaning of 'splint' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . splint [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a thin sliver of wood
Example in sentence:
  • he lit the fire with a burning splint
2 . splint [ v]
Meaning (2):
- support with a splint
Example in sentence:
  • splint a broken finger

Nearby Words:

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