Definition of flint in English:

flint

noun flɪnt

mass noun

1A hard grey rock consisting of nearly pure silica (chert), occurring chiefly as nodules in chalk.
黑燧石，燧石，火石
houses built of brick and flint
as modifier flint implements
Example sentencesExamples
- Traces of siliceous spicules in the flint indicate that colonies of sponges populated the ancient seas in which the flint was deposited and were the source of silica for the flint beds.
- Silica precipitated from aqueous solution at low temperatures gives cryptocrystalline varieties such as opal, jasper, chalcedony, agate, carnelian, onyx, flint, and chert.
- Indeed, when hafted lithic tools were broken or became worn out, trips to flint or chert sources would have been necessary.
- At the base of the Reading Formation are several metres of brown clay-rich sand with glauconite, flint pebbles and oyster shells.
- It passes upwards into almost flat-lying white coccolith chalk with parallel lines of black flint nodules.
- The artifacts recovered from these excavations will give a clearer picture of the technology and particularly their production and use of flint and chert.
- Like the first, it includes some world-class localities, such as gypsum crystals from Eilsworth and flint from Flint Ridge.
- The white to gray flint bed, 2.5 meters thick, rests on gray fossiliferous Vanport Limestone.
- Sandbodies are abruptly overlain by bioturbated sandy muds with flint pebble horizons that represent transgressive reworking of the delta top and deepening into open shelf conditions.
- Fieldwalking revealed a wide range of lithic materials used for cutting tools, including local gravel, Pennine chert and flint from the Wolds and coast.
1. 1.1count noun A piece of flint, especially as flaked or ground in ancient times to form a tool or weapon.
  （尤指远古工具或武器）燧石石器
  the early settlers also found a ready supply of flints in the chalk cliffs
  Example sentencesExamples
  The site is dated by large quantities of Mesolithic flints, such as crescent-shaped microliths, scrapers and points.
  Within and under the mound were human bones from at least ten inhumations (three in stone cists and a fourth in a rock-cut grave), flints, animal bones, and the parts of two Neolithic pots.
  This will hold burins and small denticulate flints.
  It was associated with a cobbled ‘work area’ covered by vast quantities of pottery, five stone axes, a number of broken tools and flints.
  When I go metal-detecting I often pick up worked flints and pieces of pottery as well as metal objects.
  Excavations at the site produced over 300 worked flints of early-middle Mesolithic type.
  Worked flints are densest in the chalk deposits, where their concentration is exceptionally high at around 2000 per cubic metre.
  Led by Dr Susan Ovenden, the new geophysics scans hope to clarify anomalies previously detected near a scattering of Mesolithic flints found during the excavation of the Bronze Age barrow on the Tankerness site.
  Winchester Museum also holds many flints and other ancient artefacts from this area.
  Bronze Age and Neolithic pottery and flints from the basal soil and the colluvium indicate that a settlement was nearby.
2. 1.2count noun A piece of flint used with steel to produce an igniting spark, e.g. in a flintlock gun, or (in modern use) a piece of an alloy used similarly, especially in a cigarette lighter.
  （明火枪用的）打火石，（打火机用的）电石
  he struck a light with his flint
  Example sentencesExamples
  He shows Richard how to use a flint and steel and how to use hand-made sulphur matches called spunks.
  I found my husband's flint and steel and struck a spark.
  Jade poked twigs that penetrated varied fish at the tips into the fire made from the flints Blade had packed as a former member of a fighting force and dry grass found around the area.
  Ester and Edna spent some time in the dark grove gathering wood, and Rachel sparked a flint over dried leaves before the altar, and soon they created a bright little fire.
  I found boxes of cartridges, another hand-gun, tools for shoeing horses and a flint and steel for lighting fires.
  The rare earths once had a valuable function in gas mantles and lighter flints.
  From his saddle bags Draco took two torches and some flint and steel to light them.
  Misch metal is used to make the flint in cigarette lighters.
  Sparks arose from the flint and firestone, and soon the torch became ablaze.
  He also demonstrated how the Vikings lit fires using flints, how they cooked, what they wore, and showed them how to play the tactical Viking game Hassle Taffle.
  Percussion caps (invented in 1805 but heretofore little used) now replaced flints, but the basic weapon remained a smoothbore musket.
  I pull out my lighter, watch the flint spark to flame, and hold the outer edge of the bark an inch above the brightness.
  For hundreds of years, firearms depended upon fiery sparks from the forced impact of flint upon steel.
  Taking the flint and steel from his satchel, he cast sparks upon the torches, and they soon erupted into full flame.
  Lauren sparked her flints together against the wood.
  For example, an alloy of calcium and cerium is used in flints in cigarette and other types of lighters.
  Dom flicked the striker with his thumb which rolled against the flint, it then made a spark that ignited the fuel it contained, creating a small flame.
  She gathered some rocks together, and began trying to make a spark with the flint.
  The flint sparked, and the fuse was lit; the cannon exploded its shot out in an arc over the water, to another rattle.
  I am interested in finding or at least getting a look at tools used to make gun flints.

Origin

Old English; related to Middle Dutch vlint and Old High German flins.

Rhymes

asquint, bint, clint, dint, glint, hint, imprint, lint, mint, misprint, print, quint, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint

flint¹

nounflɪntflint

1A hard gray rock consisting of nearly pure chert, occurring chiefly as nodules in chalk.
黑燧石，燧石，火石
Example sentencesExamples
- Fieldwalking revealed a wide range of lithic materials used for cutting tools, including local gravel, Pennine chert and flint from the Wolds and coast.
- Indeed, when hafted lithic tools were broken or became worn out, trips to flint or chert sources would have been necessary.
- The white to gray flint bed, 2.5 meters thick, rests on gray fossiliferous Vanport Limestone.
- Silica precipitated from aqueous solution at low temperatures gives cryptocrystalline varieties such as opal, jasper, chalcedony, agate, carnelian, onyx, flint, and chert.
- Sandbodies are abruptly overlain by bioturbated sandy muds with flint pebble horizons that represent transgressive reworking of the delta top and deepening into open shelf conditions.
- Traces of siliceous spicules in the flint indicate that colonies of sponges populated the ancient seas in which the flint was deposited and were the source of silica for the flint beds.
- It passes upwards into almost flat-lying white coccolith chalk with parallel lines of black flint nodules.
- The artifacts recovered from these excavations will give a clearer picture of the technology and particularly their production and use of flint and chert.
- Like the first, it includes some world-class localities, such as gypsum crystals from Eilsworth and flint from Flint Ridge.
- At the base of the Reading Formation are several metres of brown clay-rich sand with glauconite, flint pebbles and oyster shells.
1. 1.1 A piece of flint, especially as flaked or ground in ancient times to form a tool or weapon.
  （尤指远古工具或武器）燧石石器
  Example sentencesExamples
  This will hold burins and small denticulate flints.
  Winchester Museum also holds many flints and other ancient artefacts from this area.
  When I go metal-detecting I often pick up worked flints and pieces of pottery as well as metal objects.
  Bronze Age and Neolithic pottery and flints from the basal soil and the colluvium indicate that a settlement was nearby.
  Within and under the mound were human bones from at least ten inhumations (three in stone cists and a fourth in a rock-cut grave), flints, animal bones, and the parts of two Neolithic pots.
  The site is dated by large quantities of Mesolithic flints, such as crescent-shaped microliths, scrapers and points.
  It was associated with a cobbled ‘work area’ covered by vast quantities of pottery, five stone axes, a number of broken tools and flints.
  Excavations at the site produced over 300 worked flints of early-middle Mesolithic type.
  Worked flints are densest in the chalk deposits, where their concentration is exceptionally high at around 2000 per cubic metre.
  Led by Dr Susan Ovenden, the new geophysics scans hope to clarify anomalies previously detected near a scattering of Mesolithic flints found during the excavation of the Bronze Age barrow on the Tankerness site.
2. 1.2 A piece of flint used with steel to produce an igniting spark, e.g. in a flintlock gun, or (in modern use) a piece of an alloy used similarly, especially in a cigarette lighter.
  （明火枪用的）打火石，（打火机用的）电石
  Example sentencesExamples
  For hundreds of years, firearms depended upon fiery sparks from the forced impact of flint upon steel.
  He shows Richard how to use a flint and steel and how to use hand-made sulphur matches called spunks.
  I found my husband's flint and steel and struck a spark.
  The flint sparked, and the fuse was lit; the cannon exploded its shot out in an arc over the water, to another rattle.
  Dom flicked the striker with his thumb which rolled against the flint, it then made a spark that ignited the fuel it contained, creating a small flame.
  Sparks arose from the flint and firestone, and soon the torch became ablaze.
  I am interested in finding or at least getting a look at tools used to make gun flints.
  Misch metal is used to make the flint in cigarette lighters.
  I found boxes of cartridges, another hand-gun, tools for shoeing horses and a flint and steel for lighting fires.
  Taking the flint and steel from his satchel, he cast sparks upon the torches, and they soon erupted into full flame.
  Jade poked twigs that penetrated varied fish at the tips into the fire made from the flints Blade had packed as a former member of a fighting force and dry grass found around the area.
  The rare earths once had a valuable function in gas mantles and lighter flints.
  He also demonstrated how the Vikings lit fires using flints, how they cooked, what they wore, and showed them how to play the tactical Viking game Hassle Taffle.
  Lauren sparked her flints together against the wood.
  I pull out my lighter, watch the flint spark to flame, and hold the outer edge of the bark an inch above the brightness.
  Ester and Edna spent some time in the dark grove gathering wood, and Rachel sparked a flint over dried leaves before the altar, and soon they created a bright little fire.
  She gathered some rocks together, and began trying to make a spark with the flint.
  For example, an alloy of calcium and cerium is used in flints in cigarette and other types of lighters.
  Percussion caps (invented in 1805 but heretofore little used) now replaced flints, but the basic weapon remained a smoothbore musket.
  From his saddle bags Draco took two torches and some flint and steel to light them.

Origin

Old English; related to Middle Dutch vlint and Old High German flins.

Flint²

proper nounflɪntflint

An industrial city in southeastern Michigan, an auto industry center since the Buick Company was established there in 1903; population 112,900 (est. 2008).

单词	flint
释义	Definition of flint in English: flint noun flɪnt mass noun 1A hard grey rock consisting of nearly pure silica (chert), occurring chiefly as nodules in chalk. 黑燧石，燧石，火石 houses built of brick and flint as modifier flint implements Example sentencesExamples Traces of siliceous spicules in the flint indicate that colonies of sponges populated the ancient seas in which the flint was deposited and were the source of silica for the flint beds. Silica precipitated from aqueous solution at low temperatures gives cryptocrystalline varieties such as opal, jasper, chalcedony, agate, carnelian, onyx, flint, and chert. Indeed, when hafted lithic tools were broken or became worn out, trips to flint or chert sources would have been necessary. At the base of the Reading Formation are several metres of brown clay-rich sand with glauconite, flint pebbles and oyster shells. It passes upwards into almost flat-lying white coccolith chalk with parallel lines of black flint nodules. The artifacts recovered from these excavations will give a clearer picture of the technology and particularly their production and use of flint and chert. Like the first, it includes some world-class localities, such as gypsum crystals from Eilsworth and flint from Flint Ridge. The white to gray flint bed, 2.5 meters thick, rests on gray fossiliferous Vanport Limestone. Sandbodies are abruptly overlain by bioturbated sandy muds with flint pebble horizons that represent transgressive reworking of the delta top and deepening into open shelf conditions. Fieldwalking revealed a wide range of lithic materials used for cutting tools, including local gravel, Pennine chert and flint from the Wolds and coast. 1.1count noun A piece of flint, especially as flaked or ground in ancient times to form a tool or weapon. （尤指远古工具或武器）燧石石器 the early settlers also found a ready supply of flints in the chalk cliffs Example sentencesExamples The site is dated by large quantities of Mesolithic flints, such as crescent-shaped microliths, scrapers and points. Within and under the mound were human bones from at least ten inhumations (three in stone cists and a fourth in a rock-cut grave), flints, animal bones, and the parts of two Neolithic pots. This will hold burins and small denticulate flints. It was associated with a cobbled ‘work area’ covered by vast quantities of pottery, five stone axes, a number of broken tools and flints. When I go metal-detecting I often pick up worked flints and pieces of pottery as well as metal objects. Excavations at the site produced over 300 worked flints of early-middle Mesolithic type. Worked flints are densest in the chalk deposits, where their concentration is exceptionally high at around 2000 per cubic metre. Led by Dr Susan Ovenden, the new geophysics scans hope to clarify anomalies previously detected near a scattering of Mesolithic flints found during the excavation of the Bronze Age barrow on the Tankerness site. Winchester Museum also holds many flints and other ancient artefacts from this area. Bronze Age and Neolithic pottery and flints from the basal soil and the colluvium indicate that a settlement was nearby. 1.2count noun A piece of flint used with steel to produce an igniting spark, e.g. in a flintlock gun, or (in modern use) a piece of an alloy used similarly, especially in a cigarette lighter. （明火枪用的）打火石，（打火机用的）电石 he struck a light with his flint Example sentencesExamples He shows Richard how to use a flint and steel and how to use hand-made sulphur matches called spunks. I found my husband's flint and steel and struck a spark. Jade poked twigs that penetrated varied fish at the tips into the fire made from the flints Blade had packed as a former member of a fighting force and dry grass found around the area. Ester and Edna spent some time in the dark grove gathering wood, and Rachel sparked a flint over dried leaves before the altar, and soon they created a bright little fire. I found boxes of cartridges, another hand-gun, tools for shoeing horses and a flint and steel for lighting fires. The rare earths once had a valuable function in gas mantles and lighter flints. From his saddle bags Draco took two torches and some flint and steel to light them. Misch metal is used to make the flint in cigarette lighters. Sparks arose from the flint and firestone, and soon the torch became ablaze. He also demonstrated how the Vikings lit fires using flints, how they cooked, what they wore, and showed them how to play the tactical Viking game Hassle Taffle. Percussion caps (invented in 1805 but heretofore little used) now replaced flints, but the basic weapon remained a smoothbore musket. I pull out my lighter, watch the flint spark to flame, and hold the outer edge of the bark an inch above the brightness. For hundreds of years, firearms depended upon fiery sparks from the forced impact of flint upon steel. Taking the flint and steel from his satchel, he cast sparks upon the torches, and they soon erupted into full flame. Lauren sparked her flints together against the wood. For example, an alloy of calcium and cerium is used in flints in cigarette and other types of lighters. Dom flicked the striker with his thumb which rolled against the flint, it then made a spark that ignited the fuel it contained, creating a small flame. She gathered some rocks together, and began trying to make a spark with the flint. The flint sparked, and the fuse was lit; the cannon exploded its shot out in an arc over the water, to another rattle. I am interested in finding or at least getting a look at tools used to make gun flints. Origin Old English; related to Middle Dutch vlint and Old High German flins. Rhymes asquint, bint, clint, dint, glint, hint, imprint, lint, mint, misprint, print, quint, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint flint¹ nounflɪntflint 1A hard gray rock consisting of nearly pure chert, occurring chiefly as nodules in chalk. 黑燧石，燧石，火石 Example sentencesExamples Fieldwalking revealed a wide range of lithic materials used for cutting tools, including local gravel, Pennine chert and flint from the Wolds and coast. Indeed, when hafted lithic tools were broken or became worn out, trips to flint or chert sources would have been necessary. The white to gray flint bed, 2.5 meters thick, rests on gray fossiliferous Vanport Limestone. Silica precipitated from aqueous solution at low temperatures gives cryptocrystalline varieties such as opal, jasper, chalcedony, agate, carnelian, onyx, flint, and chert. Sandbodies are abruptly overlain by bioturbated sandy muds with flint pebble horizons that represent transgressive reworking of the delta top and deepening into open shelf conditions. Traces of siliceous spicules in the flint indicate that colonies of sponges populated the ancient seas in which the flint was deposited and were the source of silica for the flint beds. It passes upwards into almost flat-lying white coccolith chalk with parallel lines of black flint nodules. The artifacts recovered from these excavations will give a clearer picture of the technology and particularly their production and use of flint and chert. Like the first, it includes some world-class localities, such as gypsum crystals from Eilsworth and flint from Flint Ridge. At the base of the Reading Formation are several metres of brown clay-rich sand with glauconite, flint pebbles and oyster shells. 1.1 A piece of flint, especially as flaked or ground in ancient times to form a tool or weapon. （尤指远古工具或武器）燧石石器 Example sentencesExamples This will hold burins and small denticulate flints. Winchester Museum also holds many flints and other ancient artefacts from this area. When I go metal-detecting I often pick up worked flints and pieces of pottery as well as metal objects. Bronze Age and Neolithic pottery and flints from the basal soil and the colluvium indicate that a settlement was nearby. Within and under the mound were human bones from at least ten inhumations (three in stone cists and a fourth in a rock-cut grave), flints, animal bones, and the parts of two Neolithic pots. The site is dated by large quantities of Mesolithic flints, such as crescent-shaped microliths, scrapers and points. It was associated with a cobbled ‘work area’ covered by vast quantities of pottery, five stone axes, a number of broken tools and flints. Excavations at the site produced over 300 worked flints of early-middle Mesolithic type. Worked flints are densest in the chalk deposits, where their concentration is exceptionally high at around 2000 per cubic metre. Led by Dr Susan Ovenden, the new geophysics scans hope to clarify anomalies previously detected near a scattering of Mesolithic flints found during the excavation of the Bronze Age barrow on the Tankerness site. 1.2 A piece of flint used with steel to produce an igniting spark, e.g. in a flintlock gun, or (in modern use) a piece of an alloy used similarly, especially in a cigarette lighter. （明火枪用的）打火石，（打火机用的）电石 Example sentencesExamples For hundreds of years, firearms depended upon fiery sparks from the forced impact of flint upon steel. He shows Richard how to use a flint and steel and how to use hand-made sulphur matches called spunks. I found my husband's flint and steel and struck a spark. The flint sparked, and the fuse was lit; the cannon exploded its shot out in an arc over the water, to another rattle. Dom flicked the striker with his thumb which rolled against the flint, it then made a spark that ignited the fuel it contained, creating a small flame. Sparks arose from the flint and firestone, and soon the torch became ablaze. I am interested in finding or at least getting a look at tools used to make gun flints. Misch metal is used to make the flint in cigarette lighters. I found boxes of cartridges, another hand-gun, tools for shoeing horses and a flint and steel for lighting fires. Taking the flint and steel from his satchel, he cast sparks upon the torches, and they soon erupted into full flame. Jade poked twigs that penetrated varied fish at the tips into the fire made from the flints Blade had packed as a former member of a fighting force and dry grass found around the area. The rare earths once had a valuable function in gas mantles and lighter flints. He also demonstrated how the Vikings lit fires using flints, how they cooked, what they wore, and showed them how to play the tactical Viking game Hassle Taffle. Lauren sparked her flints together against the wood. I pull out my lighter, watch the flint spark to flame, and hold the outer edge of the bark an inch above the brightness. Ester and Edna spent some time in the dark grove gathering wood, and Rachel sparked a flint over dried leaves before the altar, and soon they created a bright little fire. She gathered some rocks together, and began trying to make a spark with the flint. For example, an alloy of calcium and cerium is used in flints in cigarette and other types of lighters. Percussion caps (invented in 1805 but heretofore little used) now replaced flints, but the basic weapon remained a smoothbore musket. From his saddle bags Draco took two torches and some flint and steel to light them. Origin Old English; related to Middle Dutch vlint and Old High German flins. Flint² proper nounflɪntflint An industrial city in southeastern Michigan, an auto industry center since the Buick Company was established there in 1903; population 112,900 (est. 2008). noun.1 name.1
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Definition of flint in English:

flint

Origin

Rhymes

flint1

Origin

Flint2

flint¹

Flint²