splinter of

Frequency: 8.822.0 per million words

Used to specify the material of the splinter (e.g., a splinter of wood).

splintersplinter + PREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • A small splinter of metal had lodged in his thumb.
  • She carefully removed a splinter of wood from her finger.
  • He felt a sharp pain from a splinter of glass in his foot.
  • The old fence was covered in tiny splinters of rotten wood.
  • Be careful not to get a splinter of plastic from that broken toy.
  • The doctor extracted a microscopic splinter of bone from the wound.
  • After the explosion, there were splinters of debris everywhere.
  • He noticed a thin splinter of bamboo under his nail.
  • She accidentally stepped on a tiny splinter of ceramic.
  • The carpenter always wore gloves to avoid getting splinters of timber.