flint

C1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /flɪnt/ See IPA manual

Freq #9509

Meanings

1

noun
a hard gray or black stone that can produce sparks when struck

The hiker struck flint to make a spark.
2

adj
hard and unfeeling

He answered with a flint stare.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a hard gray or black stone... hard stonechert

2 adj · hard and unfeeling hard stern

Word family

Forms flintsflinty

Derived forms flintsflinty

Related forms spark stone

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Phrases (1)

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flint glass
a type of optical glass that strongly bends and separates light

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English flint or flynt, from Old English flint.

flynt Middle English flint Old English *flint Proto-West Germanic *flintaz Proto-Germanic *(s)plind- Proto-Indo-European

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