flint

B1
Pronunciation
/flɪnt/
Noun
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.

2 Definition

A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.

3 Definition

A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.

4 Definition

A type of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.

5 Definition

Anything figuratively hard.

Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To furnish or decorate an object with flint.