All splintering synonyms
splin·ter
S s noun splintering
- fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
adjective splintering
- fracturing — Present participle of fracture.
adj splintering
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong