flinders
pronunciation
How to pronounce flinders in British English:
UK ['flɪndəz]
How to pronounce flinders in American English:
US ['flɪndəz]
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- Noun:
- a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
Word Origin
- flinders (n.)
- "pieces, fragments, splinters," mid-15c., Scottish flendris, probably related to Norwegian flindra "chip, splinter," or Dutch flenter "fragment;" ultimately from the same PIE root that produced flint.
Example
- 1. Retallack , a palaeopedologist , analysed sediments associated with ediacaran fossils from the flinders ranges and says he has found evidence of fossil soils .
- 2. The image shows flooding along the flinders river system in northern queensland .
- 3. Flinders remained in his majesty 's service , and in the following year was raised to the rank of lieutenant .
- 4. Flinders street station is not merely the hub of melbourne 's efficient suburban railway network , but is a landmark and meeting place . Inset : a famous melbourne tram .
- 5. Flinders , knowing the fondness of the natives for the luxury of a shave , persuaded them to sit down one after another on a rock , and amused them by clipping their beards with a pair of scissors .