Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
English-Thai Dictionary

flinders

N เศษ ชิ้น  สะ เก็ด ชิ้น 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLINDERS

Flin "ders, n. pl. Etym: [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh. akin to E.flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.]

 

Defn: Small pieces or splinters; fragments. The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand flinders flew. Sir W. Scott.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flinders

flin ders |ˈflindərz ˈflɪndərz | plural noun small fragments or splinters: the panel has been smashed to flinders. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flindra chip, splinter.

 

Flinders, Matthew

Flin ders, Matthew |ˈflindərz ˈflɪndərz | (1774 –1814 ), English explorer. He circumnavigated Australia (1801 –03 ) for the Royal Navy and charted much of its west coast for the first time.

 

Flinders bar

Flin ders bar noun a bar of soft iron placed vertically in or near the housing of a ship's compass to correct deviation caused by the local magnetic field of the ship. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: name after Captain M. Flinders, Matthew .

 

Flinders Island

Flin |ders Is ¦land the largest island in the Furneaux group, situated in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and mainland Australia.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flinders

flin |ders |ˈflɪndəz | plural noun small fragments or splinters: the panel has been smashed to flinders. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flindra chip, splinter .

 

Flinders, Matthew

Flin |ders |ˈflɪndəz | (1774 –1814 ), English explorer. He explored the coast of New South Wales (1795 –1800 ) and circumnavigated Australia (1801 –3 ) for the Royal Navy, charting much of the west coast of the continent for the first time.

 

Flinders bar

Flin |ders bar noun a bar of soft iron placed vertically in or near the housing of a ship's compass to correct deviation caused by the local magnetic field of the ship. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: name after Captain Matthew Flinders, Matthew .

 

Flinders Island

Flin |ders Is ¦land the largest island in the Furneaux group, situated in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and mainland Australia.