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splintery splintery definition

splintery


 
  Overview  of  adj  splintery 
 
  The  adj  splintery  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  splintery  --  (subject  to  breaking  into  sharp  slender  pieces) 
  2.  splintery,  slivery  --  (resembling  or  consisting  of  or  embedded  with  long  slender  fragments  of  (especially)  wood  having  sharp  points;  "a  rough  splintery  floor  of  old  pine  boards") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  splintery 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  splintery 
 
  Sense  1 
  splintery 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  breakable)  ->  unbreakable 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  splintery 
 
  2  senses  of  splintery 
 
  Sense  1 
  splintery 
  =>  breakable  (vs.  unbreakable) 
 
  Sense  2 
  splintery,  slivery 
  Pertains  to  noun  splinter  (Sense  1) 
  =>splinter,  sliver,  flinders 
  =>  bit,  chip,  flake,  fleck,  scrap 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  splintery 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  splintery 
 
  splintery  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  splintery 
  splintery 
 
  Overview  of  adj  splintery 
 
  The  adj  splintery  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  splintery  --  (subject  to  breaking  into  sharp  slender  pieces) 
  2.  splintery,  slivery  --  (resembling  or  consisting  of  or  embedded  with  long  slender  fragments  of  (especially)  wood  having  sharp  points;  "a  rough  splintery  floor  of  old  pine  boards") 



splintery definition