Splintery Definition & Meaning
splintery
- adjective
- subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
- resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards"
Words that rhyme with splintery
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