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Definition of "flinders" [flin•ders]

  • Bits, fragments, or splinters. (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "flinders" in a sentence
  • "In fact, the NPCs carry on conversations about local gossip while you're Keith Mooning the room to flinders, which is somehow insulting; the people here are talking about the spate of local burglaries as if it's of high importance, but your gorilla-style poo-flinging antics aren't worthy of comment."
  • "The skull shatters into flinders and the brain melts into gray sludge."
  • "We left behind us a debris field of PerfectWood flinders but -- luckily -- no bodies."