splintery Antonyms
Meaning of splintery
splintery (s)
subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
splintery (a)
resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points
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subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces, resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points
shard, fragment, sliver, flake,chip, disk, particle, shred, disc, spall
slab, chunk, slab, chunk, lump, lump, hunk,hunk,
The old wooden fence was so splintery that it threatened to impale anyone who dared to climb it.
The shattered glass lay in splintery shards, shimmering ominously in the sunlight.
The bone that protruded from the wound was sharp and splintery, causing excruciating pain.
The splintery branches of the fallen tree tore at her clothes as she tried to push past them.