splinter
Tiny sharp fragment
A splinter is a thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece of wood, glass, or other material.
Small splinters lodge painfully under the skin: I got a splinter in my thumb from the old railing.
To splinter is to break into such fragments, or figuratively, to fragment into factions: The party splintered over the issue.
A splinter group breaks away from a larger organization.
Broken fragment of something brittle
- sliverThin split-off piece
- chipSmall broken-off piece
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
- pieceA portion or segment
shiver · spall · flake · bit · scrap · shred · particle · snip
Pointed implement for sewing
- pointExact location or meaning
- spikeSharp rise or point
- thornPointed plant projection
- prickleTiny sharp point
sliver · jagged · barb · shard · piercing · spiky · rough · ragged
Thin split-off piece
- punctureHole from penetration
- embedFix within surrounding material
- lodgedFixed firmly within
- tweezersPincerlike gripping instrument
extraction · wound · infection · festering · pain · irritation · inflammation · swelling
Split in hard material
- riftCrack or estrangement
- splitSeparation into parts
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- discordLack of agreement
estrangement · alienation · disunity · polarization · break · separation · fragmentation · schism
shard
Broken fragment of something brittle
piece · shiver · spall · flake · bit · scrap · shred · particle · snip · snippet
needle
Pointed implement for sewing
prickle · sliver · jagged · barb · shard · piercing · spiky · rough · ragged · bristle
sliver
Thin split-off piece
tweezers · extraction · wound · infection · festering · pain · irritation · inflammation · swelling · tenderness
fracture
Split in hard material
- riftCrack or estrangement
- splitSeparation into parts
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
discord · estrangement · alienation · disunity · polarization · break · separation · fragmentation · schism · rupture
breakaway
Sudden separation from group
- offshootDerivative outgrowth
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- schismFormal organizational fracture
secession · defection · rebel · fringe · separatist · renegade · minority · radical · insurgent · dissent
timber
Wood for construction
sawdust · cedar · pine · oak · maple · birch · hardwood · softwood · plywood · bark
- home injuriesburn, cut, fall, bruise, scrape
- lumberlumber, timber, oak, pine, cedar
- pointed thingsspike, needle point, knife point, spear point, arrow
- foreign bodiesglass shard, fish bone, bullet, shrapnel, metal fragment
- skin injuriescut, scrape, scratch, bruise, burn
- wood scrapssawdust, wood chips, shavings, wood shavings, offcuts
- splinter groupBreakaway subset of organization
- shin splintsInflammation along the shinbone
- wrist splintOrthopedic arm immobilizer
- finger splintDevice stabilizing injured finger
- splinter partyPolitical breakaway group
- splinter removalExtracting embedded fragments
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