flinders

9.9

Small thin pieces that break off when something is smashed

noun
/ˈflɪndərz/

: fragmentos

The vase fell from the shelf and shattered into flinders all over the floor.

Examples

When the window shattered, tiny flinders of glass scattered everywhere.
He struck the rock with his hammer, sending it flying apart in flinders.
A loud crash echoed as the ancient wood broke to flinders.
There are flinders on the floor.
Watch out for the flinders!
After the storm, the old tree was left in flinders, its branches broken and splintered.
Using a chisel, he carefully removed the flinders from the wood to create a smooth finish.

Synonyms

debris

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Scattered broken pieces left after something is destroyed

is focused on many broken pieces from smashing rather than general scattered waste

scrap

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A small piece left over or thrown away

is about fragments caused by smashing rather than leftover waste

splinter

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79 2.8

A small thin sharp piece broken from wood or glass

is the general small fragment often formed when things are smashed

shard

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47 4.9

A sharp broken piece of glass or pottery

is a broader label for small broken pieces not only sharp ones

frag

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1 7.4

A small broken piece of an object, like coral or pottery

is a general small fragment produced by smashing or breaking objects

smithereens

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Informal

1 6.8

Small broken pieces after something is smashed or blown apart

are small fragments usually from things smashed or broken

spawl

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Archaic

9.9

A small broken piece from rock that has a thin edge

is a general small fragment not limited to stone or thin edges

How Big

piece

∞ 1.0

shard

47 4.9

chip

130 2.1

splinter

79 2.8

flinders

9.9

dust

706 1.0

Surface Forms

flinders plural

Morphology

flinders = flinder (transparent) = flinder + s

Regular plural formation from the noun 'flinder' meaning small fragment; the plural '-s' straightforwardly indicates multiple fragments.

Etymology

Flinders is like the words splinters or flakes and was used in older local English to mean 'small broken pieces'. So, when something breaks into flinders, it has fallen into many tiny fragments.