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A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.uncountable
- He used flint to make a fire.
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A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.countableuncountable
- He used a flint to make a fire.
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A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.countableuncountable
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A variety of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.countableuncountable
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Anything figuratively hard.countablefigurativelyuncountable
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A tailor's employee who is paid by the day.UKcountableobsolete
flint
flint6 senses · 12 ms
Level C1GRETOEFL
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To furnish or decorate an object with flint.transitive
- The sun had warmed the air to a balmy 45 degrees and sent sparks flinting off the bleachy white snow.