flint
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
a piece of this, especially as used for striking fire.
a chunk of this used as a primitive tool or as the core from which such a tool was struck.
something very hard or unyielding.
a small piece of metal, usually an iron alloy, used to produce a spark to ignite the fuel in a cigarette lighter.
to furnish with flint.
Origin of flint
1Other words from flint
- flintlike, adjective
Words Nearby flint
Other definitions for Flint (2 of 2)
Austin, 1812–86, U.S. physician: founder of Bellevue and Buffalo medical colleges.
his son, Austin, 1836–1915, U.S. physiologist and physician.
a city in SE Michigan.
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How to use flint in a sentence
For more than an hour, they were all sitting there around the bedside — flint, his wife and his sister-in-law.
So You Got Vaccinated … And Then You Got COVID. Now What? | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 23, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightReyes, a flint native who leads We the People Michigan, was expecting this.
The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election | Molly Ball | February 4, 2021 | TimeCriminal charges and a class-action settlement may seem like the last chapter in flint’s story, which has already begun to fade in public memory.
He admits that flint used to be just “another town through which I’ve passed free of claim.”
In ‘Standpipe,’ David Hardin offers poignant, fleeting reflections on the Flint water crisis | Kerri Arsenault | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostWe must remember that the flint water crisis is not some relic of the past.
Ex-Michigan governor indicted for “willful neglect” in Flint water crisis | Jon Brodkin | January 14, 2021 | Ars Technica
“If you are a waiter, you can make twice as much in Austin relative to flint,” remarked Moretti.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead | Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat side is volunteering extensively in his hometown of flint, and recently, pastoring Charity United Methodist Church.
The third eaglet was never found despite a search by the flint Creek volunteers and the landowner.
Born in flint, Michigan, Bragman says he was a “fat gay Jewish kid… who grew up to be a Martian.”
How Howard Bragman Orchestrated Michael Sam’s Coming Out | Itay Hod | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEither way, a whistle, just a flint of music, rang out that Sunday.
From Emmett Till to Jordan Davis, a Foolish, Lethal Fear of Black Teens | Joshua DuBois | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the men worked on their flint points, Fleetfoot liked to play near the workshop.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppWhile the men struck off large flint flakes, Fleetfoot played not far away.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppStraightshaft let him try, but Fleetfoot was not strong enough to press off hard flint flakes.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppCan you think of any way of removing little pieces of flint besides striking them off?
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppScarface always used flakes of flint for the points of spears and javelins.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
British Dictionary definitions for flint (1 of 2)
/ (flɪnt) /
an impure opaque microcrystalline greyish-black form of quartz that occurs in chalk. It produces sparks when struck with steel and is used in the manufacture of pottery, flint glass, and road-construction materials. Formula: SiO 2
any piece of flint, esp one used as a primitive tool or for striking fire
a small cylindrical piece of an iron alloy, used in cigarette lighters
Also called: flint glass, white flint colourless glass other than plate glass
See optical flint
(tr) to fit or provide with a flint
Origin of flint
1British Dictionary definitions for Flint (2 of 2)
/ (flɪnt) /
a town in NE Wales, in Flintshire, on the Dee estuary. Pop: 11 936 (2001)
a city in SE Michigan: closure of the car production plants led to a high level of unemployment. Pop: 120 292 (2003 est)
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Scientific definitions for flint
[ flĭnt ]
A very hard, gray to black variety of chalcedony that makes sparks when it is struck with steel. It breaks with a conchoidal fracture.
The dark gray to black variety of chert.
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