to flinter
9.9
To break hard stones into sharp flakes for making tools
- verb
- Archaic
:
hacer astillas
- He carefully flintered the rock, producing several thin flakes for toolmaking.
Examples
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Archaeologists demonstrated how to flinter a stone core to produce useful flakes.
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The artisan flintered the flint into sharp tools.
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Early humans would flinter pieces of flint to create sharp blades for hunting.
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He flinters the stone carefully.
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Early humans would flinter pieces of flint to create sharp blades for hunting.
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Archaeologists demonstrated how to flinter a stone core to produce useful flakes.
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The artisan flinter carefully shaped the stone to create effective tools.
Synonyms
1
9.9
To shape or break stone by hitting it to make tools like arrowheads
break flint into flakes specifically for making stone tools
How Forceful
Surface Forms
flinter infinitive
flintered past
flintered past participle
flintering present participle
flinters third person singular
Etymology
Flinter comes from the stone flint and the verb idea 'to make flakes from it'. So to flinter is to chip flint so it breaks into sharp pieces for tools.