Splintery (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The old wooden dock had a rough splintery surface that made walking on it without shoes extremely painful.
- She carefully swept the porch to remove the debris, making sure not to touch the splintery railing that had been damaged in the storm.
- After falling on the wooden planks, his palms were full of splinters from the rough and splintery wood.
- The tree's trunk was covered in splintery bark that protruded out sharply, causing cuts on the unwary hikers.
- The carpenter discarded the piece of wood, deeming it unusable due to its numerous knots and splintery edges.
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Meaning 2
Subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The splintery wood from the old tree branch made it difficult to handle without getting splinters.
- When the baseball bat broke, the splintery shard of wood flew into the nearby spectator stands.
- Her bare foot landed on a splintery board, and she immediately jumped away in pain.
- After the tree was cut down, the splintery stump remained and needed to be removed.
- The splintery remains of the burnt wooden fence were carefully swept away for safety reasons.