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# splinter

«splinter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, sharp, thin piece of wood, glass or metal that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a splinter, splinters); verb (splinter, splinters, splintered, splintering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A splinter is a small, sharp, thin piece of wood, glass or metal that has broken off, especially one that gets stuck in your skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#m1)

2) To splinter means to break into small sharp pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In first-aid lessons: a small splinter can be taken out by an adult with clean tweezers after washing the skin; deep splinters or glass need a doctor. In safety: wear shoes on old wooden decks and be careful with rough wood in design and technology lessons. Phrases: get a splinter, take out a splinter, splinter group.

### examples

- I got a splinter from the wooden fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#x1)
- Mum took the splinter out with tweezers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#x2)
- Wash the skin after removing a splinter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#x3)
- The old door splintered when it was hit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#x4)
- Wear shoes on the wooden deck to avoid splinters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#x5)
- Sand the wood smooth so there are no splinters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#x6)
- A splinter of glass was in the carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#x7)
- The splinter in my finger hurt a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#x8)
- It did not hurt him at all, but the splinter was there all the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/#x9)

### note

Countable. Not the same as a «splint», which is a stiff support tied to a broken bone. Do not squeeze a splinter deeper; ask an adult.

### In the corpora

- [Cooked bones splinter and can choke a dog or hurt its insides.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/21/)
- [Sticks can splinter and stab a dog's mouth or throat, so a ball or rubber toy is safer to throw.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/10/)
- [A splinter should be removed by an adult with clean tweezers and the skin washed, because a splinter left in can get infected.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/4/)
- [A splinter left in the skin can let germs in and cause an infection.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/19/)
- [Gardening gloves protect your hands from thorns, splinters, germs in the soil and insect stings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «splinter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splinter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.