Splinters are small pieces of wood that are broken off of a larger piece of wood. They are often caused by something hitting the wood hard, like a hammer.
When he hit the tree with his hammer, the splinters flew everywhere.
The splinters are dangerous because they can easily get into your skin.
noun
wood in small pieces or splinters
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The man was hurt by a splinter.
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Where did you find the splinter
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He removed splinter from his thumb.
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I found some glass splinters here.
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The doctor removed splinter as fast as he could.
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The splinter was carefully removed from her body.
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Splinter armor thick covered the upper portion of the citadel.
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A player was killed by a splinter while playing an indoor match in Brazil.
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After centuries of dominance, the Roman Empire irrevocably splintered in 476.
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As a Jewish splinter group, it existed uneasily within the Roman Empire.