flinders
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flinders¹
- /ˈflɪndəz/
Where it comes from
Probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; see flinder.
noun
- fragments, splinters The heat brought sweat and the sweat blinded. Black flinders gyrated in the fiery air like bats.
flinders²
- /ˈflɪndəz/
Where it comes from
See flinder.
noun
- plural of flinder
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of flinder
Flinders³
proper noun
- A surname.
- A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia, name after the river; in full, the Shire of Flinders.
- A long river in northern Queensland, which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria; in full, the Flinders River.
- A suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sliver, splinter, flibbets, spall, smithereens, fritter, scrapnel, smithereen, spile, spalling, split, spale, piecemeal, spelt, spawl, combings
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title = {flinders},
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