flinders

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪndəz/

Etymology 1

Probably of Scandinavian origin: compare Norwegian flindra (“splinter”).

Noun

flinders pl (plural only)

  1. fragments, splinters
    • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
      The heat brought sweat and the sweat blinded. Black flinders gyrated in the fiery air like bats.

Etymology 2

See flinder.

Noun

flinders

  1. plural of flinder

Verb

flinders

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flinder

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