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Splintery is an English word with synonyms like breakable or fragment. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

Rare word

Splintery in a sentence

Splintery meaning

  1. Having many splinters.
  2. Given to splintering.

Synonyms of Splintery

breakable slivery fragment bit chip flake fleck scrap

Related words

Other words often associated with Splintery or its synonyms:

piece spot geek trash combat friable dung speckle part minute eccentric blob

Using Splintery

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having many splinters. | Given to splintering.
  • Useful related words include: breakable, slivery, fragment, bit.

Context around Splintery

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fibrous 1×

Often after:

platform 1×

Sentence patterns with Splintery

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are fibrous splintery and hackly 1× on the splintery platform so 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

on the splintery 1× other types of 1×

Common sentence endings:

bottles reposed desolately 1× splintery and hackly 1×

Words around Splintery

Just before it in the word index:

splinters 29 splintering 19 splintered 73 splinter 131 splint 20 splines 14

Just after it in the word index:

splints 22 splish 6 split 4.888 splitflag 7 splitline 2 splitpics 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Splintery

  • In this selection, "splintery" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fibrous and platform stand out and add context to how "splintery" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are fibrous splintery and hackly and on the splintery platform so. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "splintery" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with splintery

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Other types of fracture are fibrous, splintery, and hackly. (9 words)

On the splintery platform, so sun-soaked that the planks smelled of pine forests and resin oozed out in amber drops, one case of empty beer bottles reposed desolately. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

On the splintery platform, so sun-soaked that the planks smelled of pine forests and resin oozed out in amber drops, one case of empty beer bottles reposed desolately. (29 words)

Other types of fracture are fibrous, splintery, and hackly. (9 words)

Example sentences (2)

On the splintery platform, so sun-soaked that the planks smelled of pine forests and resin oozed out in amber drops, one case of empty beer bottles reposed desolately.

Other types of fracture are fibrous, splintery, and hackly.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "splintery" in a sentence?
An example: "On the splintery platform, so sun-soaked that the planks smelled of pine forests and resin oozed out in amber drops, one case of empty beer bottles reposed desolately." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "splintery" from authentic English texts.
What does "splintery" mean?
Splintery means: Having many splinters.
What are synonyms of "splintery"?
Common synonyms of "splintery" include: breakable, slivery, fragment, bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap.
How many example sentences with "splintery" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "splintery", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.