flints

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A form of flint — 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.

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

flints1

noun
  1. pluralplural of flint
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of flint

Flints2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Flint
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