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flint

/flɪnt/noun, adjective1 syllable

Flint means: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.

Synonyms for flint7

noun, as in a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River

Flint River

adjective, as in showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

flinty, granitic, obdurate, stony, hardhearted, heartless

What does flint mean?4

adjective

1

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings“his flinty gaze”

noun

1

a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River

2

a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing

3

a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with flint?9

one syllable

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two syllables

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Flint in a sentence

  • Centuries ago, people started fires using flint and steel.orcrist
  • What's diamond is diamond, what's flint is flint.sabretou
  • With patience, you can even bore through flint.shekitten
  • The landscape was cold and sharp as flint.meirad
  • Scouts can start a fire using only flint and steel.Hybrid
  • They used flint to create sparks for the campfire.always
  • Flint was essential for starting fires in ancient times.always
  • Ziri struck the flint to ignite the tinder.always

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Forms of flint

as a noun

plural
flints