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flin·ders
(flĭn′dərz)pl.n.
Bits, fragments, or splinters.
[Middle English flendris, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian flindra, splinter.]
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flinders
(ˈflɪndəz)pl n
rare small fragments or splinters (esp in the phrase fly into flinders)
[C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian flindra thin piece of stone]
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flin•ders
(ˈflɪn dərz)n.pl.
splinters; fragments.
[1400–50; late Middle English]
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Noun | 1. | Flinders - British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814) |
2. | flinders - bits and splinters and fragments; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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