name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   fragments, splinters plural, plural-only

   "The heat brought sweat and the sweat blinded. Black flinders gyrated in the fiery air like bats."

2. 2
   plural of flinder form-of, plural
3. 3
   bits and splinters and fragments wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of flinder form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia, name after the river; in full, the Shire of Flinders.
3. 3
   A long river in northern Queensland, which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria; in full, the Flinders River.
4. 4
   A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Synonyms

All synonyms

sir matthew flinders

Example

More examples

"The heat brought sweat and the sweat blinded. Black flinders gyrated in the fiery air like bats."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; see flinder.

Etymology 2

See flinder.

Related phrases

Flinders IslandFlinders Ranges

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