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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flint /flɪnt/USA pronunciation n. - Rocks[uncountable] a hard gray stone, a form of silica.
- Rocks[countable] a piece of this, esp. when it is used for striking fire.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flint (flint),USA pronunciation n. - a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- a piece of this, esp. as used for striking fire.
- Archaeologya chunk of this used as a primitive tool or as the core from which such a tool was struck.
- something very hard or unyielding.
- a small piece of metal, usually an iron alloy, used to produce a spark to ignite the fuel in a cigarette lighter.
v.t. - to furnish with flint.
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Middle Dutch vlint, Danish flint; compare plinth
- Biographical Austin, 1812–86, U.S. physician: founder of Bellevue and Buffalo medical colleges.
- Biographicalhis son Austin, 1836–1915, U.S. physiologist and physician.
- Place Namesa city in SE Michigan. 159,611.
- Place NamesFlintshire.
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