Overview of noun splinter

The noun splinter has 1 sense

• splinter, sliver -- (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers")

Overview of verb splinter

The verb splinter has 3 senses

• secede, splinter, break away -- (withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away")


• sliver, splinter -- (divide into slivers or splinters)


• splinter, sliver -- (break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered")