[
UK
/splˈɪnt/
]
[ US /ˈspɫɪnt/ ]
[ US /ˈspɫɪnt/ ]
VERB
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support with a splint
splint a broken finger
NOUN
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a thin sliver of wood
he lit the fire with a burning splint - an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
How To Use splint In A Sentence
- The large bone of the upper arm was splintered to the elbow joint, and the wound bled freely.
- Armed with splinters of steel, two ant-sized men dare the formidable mysteries of a termitary. The Raid on the Termites
- But the splinter of the self that consistently emerges as the common enemy of the true and the good alike is the will, always seeking to overleap its own bounds.
- While not hefty, this double bill offers two sharp little splinters of wit. Times, Sunday Times
- The family dynamic gets splintered when Glen develops a second personality - Glenda - and starts acting out, leading to spectacular patricide.
- You may talk vaguely about driving a coach – and – six up a good old flight of stairs, or through a bad young Act of Parliament; but I mean to say you might have got a hearse up that staircase, and taken it broadwise, with the splinter – bar towards the wall and the door towards the balustrades: and done it easy. A Christmas Carol
- We discussed other treatment options - night splints, plantar strapping, orthotics, and a cortisone injection.
- Treatment may vary from rest and splints for acutely inflamed joints, to medications that can reduce inflammation.
- The name refers to the fact that splinters of cannel can be burnt like a candle.
- While not hefty, this double bill offers two sharp little splinters of wit. Times, Sunday Times