flint Synonyms
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flint Meaning
flint (n)
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing
flint (s)
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
flint (n.)
A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.
A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.
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a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony, a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the
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Native Americans used flint to make arrowheads, spear points, and other tools.
Flint is a hard, brittle sedimentary rock, composed of fine-grained quartz and chalcedony.
The town of Flint, Michigan, is named after the Flint River, which was named for the flint rocks found in its bed.
Flint was used to make the first lighters, before the invention of matches.
