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Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.

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  1. a. Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.
  2. adj. subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
  3. adj. resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points
  4. Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.
  5. Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, thesplintery fracture of a mineral.
  6. j:100 s. subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces a. resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points