1 : to split or rend into long thin pieces : shiver. 2 : to split into fragments, parts, or factions. intransitive verb. : to become splintered. Other Words from splinter Synonyms Example Sentences Learn More About splinter.
What is the meaning of a bone splinter?
noun. a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
How do you use splinter in a sentence?
break up into splinters or slivers.
- The girl had got a splinter in her toe.
- I've got a splinter in my finger.
- The mirror cracked but did not splinter.
- The doctor dug the splinter out of her finger.
- The windscreen cracked but didnot splinter.
- He ran a splinter into his finger.
- The party began to splinter.
