FLINT
/flษชnt/
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
F(4) L(1) I(1) N(1) T(1)
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Definition
/flษชnt/
noun
- A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.
- A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
- A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
- A type of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
- Anything figuratively hard.
verb
- To furnish or decorate an object with flint.
Source: Wiktionary
