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[ adjective ] resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points

Synonyms

splintery

Examples

"a rough splintery floor of old pine boards"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

I seized the rack and made a western style flying mount just_in_time , one of my knees mercifully landing on my duffel_bag - and merely wrecking my camera , I was to discover later - my other knee landing on the slivery truck floor_boards and - but this is no medical_report .

Related terms

splinter paring

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