Flint Definition

flĭnt
flints
noun
flints
A dark-colored variety of chert that produces sparks when struck with steel and that breaks into pieces with sharp cutting edges.
Webster's New World
A piece of flint used to produce a spark.
American Heritage
A piece of this stone, used to start a fire, for primitive tools, etc.
Webster's New World
A small piece of metal consisting of iron and misch metal, used to strike the spark in a cigarette lighter.
Webster's New World
Anything extremely hard or firm like flint.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A city in Michigan.

Wiktionary

An unincorporated community in Texas.

Wiktionary
verb
flints
To furnish or decorate an object with flint.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Flint

Noun

Singular:
flint
Plural:
flints

Origin of Flint

  • Old English flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz (compare Middle Dutch vlint, Old High German flins, Danish flint), from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Irish slinn (“slate, shingle”), Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plinthos)), from *(s)plei- (“to split”). More at split.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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