flint

¹

[ flint ]

noun

1. a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
2. a piece of this, especially as used for striking fire.
3. a chunk of this used as a primitive tool or as the core from which such a tool was struck.
4. something very hard or unyielding.
5. a small piece of metal, usually an iron alloy, used to produce a spark to ignite the fuel in a cigarette lighter.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with flint.

Flint

²

[ flint ]

noun

1. Austin, 1812–86, U.S. physician: founder of Bellevue and Buffalo medical colleges.
2. his son Austin, 1836–1915, U.S. physiologist and physician.
3. a city in SE Michigan.
4. Flintshire.

flint

¹

/ flɪnt /

noun

1. an impure opaque microcrystalline greyish-black form of quartz that occurs in chalk. It produces sparks when struck with steel and is used in the manufacture of pottery, flint glass, and road-construction materials. Formula: SiO 2
2. any piece of flint, esp one used as a primitive tool or for striking fire
3. a small cylindrical piece of an iron alloy, used in cigarette lighters
4. Also calledflint glasswhite flint colourless glass other than plate glass
5. See optical flint

verb

1. tr to fit or provide with a flint

Flint

²

/ flɪnt /

noun

1. a town in NE Wales, in Flintshire, on the Dee estuary. Pop: 11 936 (2001)
2. a city in SE Michigan: closure of the car production plants led to a high level of unemployment. Pop: 120 292 (2003 est)

flint

/ flĭnt /

1. A very hard, gray to black variety of chalcedony that makes sparks when it is struck with steel. It breaks with a conchoidal fracture.
2. The dark gray to black variety of chert.

Other Words From

• flintlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flint¹

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Middle Dutch vlint, Danish flint; plinth

Word History and Origins

Origin of flint¹

Old English; related to Old High German flins , Old Swedish flinta splinter of stone, Latin splendēre to shine

Example Sentences

After swallowing a couple of huge shots in the eighth, Flint came through strongest in the final rounds as Hatton tired and loosened his defences.

From BBC

Harris has pushed back on Trump’s rhetoric, telling voters at a rally in Flint, Michigan, last week that her administration would not put a stop to vehicles that use petrol.

From BBC

Despite this position, Flint said his association would support school districts in their efforts to follow the new law and monitor its impact and possible unintended consequences.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump shared the account on Tuesday night at a town hall-style event in Flint, Michigan, with Sarah Huckabee Sanders, his former press secretary and now governor of Arkansas.

From BBC

Later on Tuesday, Trump is due to make his first in-person appearance since the incident at a "town hall" in Flint, Michigan, a crucial swing state where votes will help decide the presidential election.

From BBC