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noun 1. Small fragments or splinters.

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "The mosaic was made of slender flinders of colored glass."
Play Button "The glass slipped from my hand and shattered into flinders."
Play Button "When Scott rubbed his hand against the wood railing, he got a few flinders in his palm."
Norwegian, early 16th century
Why This Word?
This word comes from the Scottish "flendris," but it can be traced to the Norwegian "flindra," meaning "chip, splinter," or the Dutch "flender," meaning "fragment." It's a plural noun, because there's no usage for "flinder," meaning a single fragment. If you need a singular form, try one of the synonyms "splinter," "scrap," "morsel," "snippet," or "sliver." ...
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