flinders

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flinders

A carpenter sweeps up wood flinders from the workshop floor.

Definition
  1. Noun (plural):
    • Small fragments, splinters, or pieces: Refers to tiny broken bits or shards, typically resulting from something shattering or breaking apart.
    • Proper noun (capitalized): Matthew Flinders, a British navigator and cartographer known for his exploration and mapping of the Australian coastline.
Usage and Examples
  • Noun (fragments):
    • The antique vase fell and broke into flinders.
    • After the explosion, only flinders of glass remained on the floor.
  • Proper noun (person):
    • Captain Matthew Flinders completed the first circumnavigation of Australia.
    • The Flinders River in Queensland is named after the explorer.
Advanced Usage
  • "in flinders": Used to describe a state of being broken into many small pieces.
    • The old ship's hull was battered and lay in flinders on the shore.
Variants and Related Words
  • Splinters: Thin, sharp fragments of wood, glass, or similar material.
  • Shards: Pieces of broken glass, pottery, or metal.
  • Fragments: Small parts broken off from something larger.
Synonyms
  • Bits
  • Pieces
  • Shards
  • Splinters
  • Fragments
Notes
  • As a common noun, "flinders" is almost exclusively used in its plural form.
  • The term is considered somewhat archaic or literary in modern English but is still understood.
flinders

A carpenter sweeps up wood flinders from the workshop floor.

Noun
  1. bits and splinters and fragments
    • it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage
  2. British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)

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