see|Flint
English

Noun
flint

1. A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.
2. A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark.
3. A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.

Derived terms
gunflint

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|ظر|ظر� IPAchar|(�irr) m
Danish: flint g|Danish
French: pierre à fusil f
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Italian: selce
Korean: ��|��� (busit-dol)
Polish: krzemie� m

See also
ferrocerium
chert

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|flint

1. to furnish or decorate an object with flint

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