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splintery - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'splintery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Splintery [ a.]
- Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.

Meaning of 'splintery' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . splintery [ a]
Meaning (1):
- resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points
Example in sentence:
  • a rough splintery floor of old pine boards