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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814);
[syn: Flinders, Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders]

2. bits and splinters and fragments;
- Example: "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flinders \Flin"ders\, n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh. akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.] Small pieces or splinters; fragments. [1913 Webster] The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand flinders flew. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Flinders n 1: British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814) [syn: Flinders, Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders] 2: bits and splinters and fragments; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage"