English dictionary
flint
/fl/I/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
Synonyms flint riverSource: WordNet 3.0
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a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
ExamplesHis flinty gaze.
Source: WordNet 3.0