a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered
If something splinters or is splintered, it breaks into thin, sharp pieces. The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces The stone rocketed into the glass, splintering it. a small sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal, that has broken off a larger piece
A splinter is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece. splinters of glass. a splinter in the finger
To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree