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What does splinter mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word splinter? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
  2. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.
  2. (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
  3. (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
  4. (transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
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