flint
pronunciation
How to pronounce flint in British English:
UK [flɪnt]
How to pronounce flint in American English:
US [flɪnt]
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- Noun:
- a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
Word Origin
- flint (n.)
- Old English flint "flint; a type of rock noted for hardness and for giving off sparks when struck," common Germanic (cognates Middle Dutch vlint, Old High German flins, Danish flint), from PIE *splind- "to split, cleave," from root *(s)plei- "to splice, split" (cognates: Greek plinthos "brick, tile," Old Irish slind "brick"), perhaps a variant of *spel- (1) "to split, break off." Transferred senses (hardness, etc.) were in Old English.
Example
- 1. Flint 's loss is huntsville 's gain .
- 2. Even flint is trying to re-position itself as a medical hub .
- 3. On december 1st the governor appointed an emergency manager to the city of flint .
- 4. It is just a short walk from downtown flint , a gritty struggling michigan city .
- 5. Some were single company towns , like kodak in new york 's rochester or gm in flint .