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What is the noun for splinter?

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splint
  1. A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
  2. (medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.
  3. A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
  4. A segment of armor.
  5. A bone found on either side of the horse's cannon bone; second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
  6. A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
  7. splent coal
  8. Synonyms:
      9. sliver, chip, splinter, flake, spall, reed, slat, fragment, shaving, bit, shard, paring, skelf, scrap, shred, piece, slice, wafer, spillikin, particle, crumb, snippet, shiver, spell, part, gallet, chunk, wedge, morsel, gobbet, flinders, matchwood, wood, snip, slither, slip, rove, thorn, strip, segment, cut, portion, tiny piece, speck, grain, drop, fleck, section, patch, scale … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “I found a splint from the broken picture frame lying on the floor.”
      “He used a splint to support his fractured ankle, allowing it to heal properly.”
splinter
  1. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
  2. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. fragment, sliver, bit, shred, chip, piece, particle, shaving, shard, flake, paring, spall, splint, shiver, skelf, spillikin, spell, flinders, gallet, matchwood, wood, scrap, crumb, slice, snippet, grain, morsel, speck, atom, chunk, part, portion, fraction, iota, snip, mite, segment, share, drop, lump, section, bite, jot, scruple, end, wafer, whit, dot, smidgen, sample … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Sivar turned away and chipped at a splinter of wood that poked from the window ledge.”
splintwork
  1. (basketry) The weaving of baskets from strips of wood, or splints.
splintering
  1. The process or result of something being splintered.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. breakage, rupture, break, crack, breaking, cracking, breach, cut, fracture, rent, tear, cleft, damage, fissure, rift, smashing, fragmentation, cleavage, shattering, splitting, disintegration, bursting, separation, split, ripping, tearing, rip, slit, slash, chink, cranny, gap, crevice, opening, chasm, rimation, check, hole, rime, rima, schism, division, disunion, discord … more
splitwork
  1. (basketry) Synonym of splintwork
splints
  1. an equine ailment
  2. plural of splint
  3. Synonyms:
      4. slivers, chips, splinters, flakes, spalls, reed, slats, fragments, bits, shaving, parings, skelfs, shards, wafers, scraps, slices, spillikins, pieces, shreds, shivers, particles, crumbs, parts, snippets, spells, morsels, chunks, gobbets, wedges, wood, flinders, matchwood, thorns, strip, portions, slips, roves, slithers, segments, cuts, snips, pellicles, layers, grain, foil, scabs, patches, sections, scales, skin … more
splinterings
  1. plural of splintering
  2. Synonyms:
      3. breakage, rupture, breaks, crack, breaking, crackings, breaches, cuts, fractures, rent, tears, clefts, damage, fissures, rifts, smashings, cleavage, burstings, separation, shatterings, splittings, disintegration, fragmentation, splits, ripping, tearing, crevices, rimae, rips, holes, crannies, slits, chinks, chasms, gaps, openings, slashes, checks, rimes, schisms, division, disunion, discord, gulfs … more
splinters
  1. plural of splinter
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fragments, slivers, bits, shreds, chips, pieces, particles, shaving, shards, flakes, parings, spalls, splints, shivers, skelfs, spillikins, spells, flinders, matchwood, wood, scraps, snippets, crumbs, slices, morsels, grain, specks, portions, parts, fractions, chunks, atoms, snips, shares, lumps, mites, iotas, segments, bites, smithereens, sections, drops, ends, wafers, items, dots, whits, jots, scruples, division … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They often produce matchboxes or pill bottles with fluff, splinters and other debris that they insist are specimens that they have caught.”
      “Some residents had complained about sharp wood splinters and nails encroaching upon the children's play area in the park.”
      “Sharp metal splinters from old farm contraptions clawed at their clothes and crinolines stacked like fish traps.”
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