Splinter (Noun)
Meaning
A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- She carefully removed the splinter from her foot with a pair of tweezers.
- The broken glass shattered into a thousand tiny splinters that sparkled on the floor.
- After working with the wooden beam, he discovered a painful splinter in his palm.
- The old wooden chair broke into splinters when it fell to the ground.
- She got a splinter in her eye from the shattered mirror and had to be rushed to the hospital.