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Word: Splint
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in splint (sense 2 of the noun); also denoting a section of armour): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German splinte ‘metal plate or pin’; related to splinter
splɪnt
a strip of rigid material used for supporting and immobilizing a broken bone when it has been set
Short Definition:strip of rigid material used for supporting and immobilizing broken bone
Examples:- she had to wear splints on her legs
a long, thin strip of wood used to light a fire.
Short Definition:long, thin strip of wood used to light fire
a bony enlargement on the inside of a horse's leg, on the splint bone.
Short Definition:bony enlargement on inside of horse's leg
a fragment of diamond.
Short Definition:fragment of diamond
Word: Splint
Speech Type: Verb
splɪnt
secure (a broken limb) with a splint or splints
Short Definition:secure broken limb with splint or splints
Examples:- his leg was splinted
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