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Definition: Splint |
SplintNoun1. A thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint". 2. An orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg). Verb1. Support with a splint, of broken limbs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "splint" was first used: 13th century. (references) |
Etymology: Splint \Splint\, noun. [Akin to Dutch splinter, German splinter, splitter, Danish splint, Swedish splint a kind of spike, a forelock (in nautical use), Swedish splintato splint, splinter, Danish splinte, and English split. See Split, verb. t., and compare to Splent.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | More particularly, the round or rectangular, rigid stick that, tipped with a flammable substance, constitutes a match. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Generally, any thin, flexible strip of wood, as used e. g. in the manufacture of baskets and hurdles. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Medicine | A rigid appliance used for the immobilization of a part or for the correction of deformity. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | Orthopaedic apparatus used to immobilize a limb in case of fracture, dislocation, deformity or other damage; May be made of plaster of Paris, metal or other material, prefabricated for a variety of uses, or personally molded for a particular injury. The aim is to immobilize the injured segment while allowing as much movement of the body as possible. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Splint is a computer program that checks C programs. It is a modern version of lint in Unix.The website of the tool says:
- Splint is a tool for statically checking C programs for security vulnerabilities and coding mistakes. With minimal effort, Splint can be used as a better lint. If additional effort is invested adding annotations to programs, Splint can perform stronger checking than can be done by any standard lint.
External Links
- http://www.splint.org/
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Splint."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Supporter; aid; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger; ratlings. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Splint |
| English words defined with "splint": Plaster of Paris bandage ♦ Splent coal, Splinted, Splinting. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "splint": barber's chair ♦ JEWEL-BEARING POLISHER ♦ sayre, Sayre splint, splint coal, Stokes stretcher. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "splint": Spelk. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Splint" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (cotter, sapwood, splint, splint pin). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm gonna need, like a splint. (Big Momma's House; writing credit: Darryl Quarles) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The splint can help reduce clenching or grinding, which eases muscle tension. (references) | |
Carpal tunnel syndrome is treated by immobilizing the wrist in a splint to minimize or prevent pressure on the nerves. (references) | ||
The health care provider may recommend an oral appliance, also called a splint or bite plate, which is a plastic guard that fits over the upper or lower teeth. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Splint" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.00% of the time. "Splint" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (proper) | 4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "splint": match splint ♦ put in a splint ♦ Sayre splint ♦ splint armor ♦ splint bone ♦ splint coal ♦ splint pin ♦ surgical splint ♦ Thomas's splint. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "splint"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vë në allçi (plaster), rrip metalik, paftë metalike, jaki, gështallë, copë (chunk, excerpt, fraction, fragment, fritter, hunk, knob, loaf, lump, mammock, morsel, nub, partition, piece, rag, scrap, scrap metal, section, segment, shiver, shred, sliver, snip, snippet, tatter), cifël (chip, shiver, splinter), allçi (cast, gesso, gypsum, plaster). (various references) | |
Arabic | صفيحة معدنية (patch), جبيرة, التزيد تضخم عظمي, أجبر أو يثبت بجبيرة, شريحة خشبية للتجبير, شظية (fragment, ricochet, scrap, shiver, sliver, spall, splinter). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слагам в шини, щифт (axle pin, dowel, locking-finger, nog, peg, pin, pintle, plug, sprig, toggle), фибула (fibula), тумор на надкостницата, треска (ague, chip, cod, codfish, coding, fever, fire, pyrexia, shiver, sliver, the shakes), шплинт (peg), шина (cradle, runner, split), надкостница (periosteum), парче (bar, bit, cake, catch, cob, cut, cutting, dollop, fragment, lump, patch, piece, portion, scrap, section, slice, slip, slipping, snatch, splinter). (various references) | |
Chinese | 藤条 (Rattan). (various references) | |
Czech | dláha, dlážka, dřevìná pružina. (various references) | |
Danish | spaan, taendstik (match, match splint, match stick), pind (joint, mooter, reefer, stick), osteosyntesemateriale, joint (joint, mooter, reefer, stick), bideskine (biteguard, dental prosthesis, mouthguard, night guard, peridontal splint, resin base, splint denture, splint(occlusal splint)), benskinne. (various references) | |
Dutch | stickie (joint, mooter, stick), splint (biteguard, dental prosthesis, mouthguard, night guard, peridontal splint, resin base, splint denture, splint(occlusal splint)), spalkverband, spalk, spaan (chip, particle, shingle, swarf, wood chip, woodchip), opbeetplaat (biteguard, dental prosthesis, mouthguard, night guard, peridontal splint, resin base, splint denture, splint(occlusal splint)), luciferstokje (match splint, match stick), lucifer (Lucifer, match, Satan), joint (joint, mooter, stick), houtspaan, bruxismeplaat (biteguard, dental prosthesis, mouthguard, night guard, peridontal splint, resin base, splint denture, splint(occlusal splint)), basisplaat kunsthars (biteguard, dental prosthesis, mouthguard, night guard, peridontal splint, resin base, splint denture, splint(occlusal splint)). (various references) | |
Farsi | توفال (Lath, Shim, Shingle, Slat, Spall), تراشه کردن (Sliver, Splinter), تراشه (Chip, Excelsior, Ribbon, Slither, Sliver, Splinter), خردوقطعه قطعه کردن , اهن نبشی (Lath), برامدگی کوچک . (various references) | |
Finnish | säle (lath, slat), päre (shingle), lasta (spatula, trowel). (various references) | |
French | éclisse (spline). (various references) | |
German | Splint (cotter, sapwood, splint pin), Schiene (blade, edge, guide, rail). (various references) | |
Greek | σχίζα (sliver, splinter), νάρθηκας. (various references) | |
Hebrew | יותרת 'רם, לוח ישור, שבריר, קשושת, 'שיש (crosspiece, surgical splint), ס" (chock, stocks for torturing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szilánk (chip, flaw, flinders, fragment, shard, shatter, sherd, shiver, sliver, spall, splinter, splintering), szárkapocs-csont (splint-bone, splinter-bone), szárcsont, szálka (Arista, barb, bone, splinter, string), sínpólya, sínbe tesz (to splint), sín (guide, rail, rails, track, tracks), rögzítő kötés, léc (batten, lath, slat, spacer, stave, stretcher), hasított vessző, gyémántszilánk, gyémántforgács, faháncs (phloem), csánkpók. (various references) | |
Indonesian | penganduk, bidai (bamboo, base, basket work), belat (bamboo screen). (various references) | |
Italian | stecca (busk, cue, false note, rib, rod, slat, stick). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 軸木 (matchwood, scroll roller), 添え木 (brace), 副木 (secondary), スプリンクラー設備 (sprawl, spray, spray gun, spread, spring, spring camp, spring coat, springboard, sprinkler system, sprint, sprinter). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そえぎ (brace), ふくぼく, スプリント (sprint), じくぎ (matchwood, scroll roller). (various references) | |
Korean | 부목. (various references) | |
Manx | skeiltan (lath). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | intsplay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tala (bond, cradle, fish). (various references) | |
Romanian | surcea (sliver), ganglion (ganglion, loop), şplint (key), atelã (splinter), aşchie (chip, sliver, Spall, splinter), ţandãrã (shiver, sliver, splinter). (various references) | |
Russian | шина (bus, highway, tire, trunk, tyre). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | udlaga, pričvrstiti udlagom, šiba (birch, gantlet, gauntlet, switch). (various references) | |
Spanish | tablilla (clapboard, shingle, slat). (various references) | |
Swedish | spjäla (lath, slat), skena (bar, bolt, rail, run away, runner). (various references) | |
Thai | เฝือก. (various references) | |
Turkish | nasır (callosity, callus, corn), maşalı pim, kemik içindeki çıkıntı (splint bone), kırık tahtası ile bağlamak, kırık tahtası, cebire ile bağlamak, cebire, arduvazlı kömür (splint coal). (various references) | |
Turkmen | юin (r) (tire). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | опоряджати рейкою, лубок, приробляти шпонкову канавку, планка (batten, cleat, lath, ledge, splinter, stave, strip). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | spatula. (various references) |
| Middle High German | 1100-1500 | splinte, splente. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "splint": splinted, splinter, splintered, splintering, splinters, splintery, splinting, splints. (additional references) | |
Words containing "splint": shinsplints. (additional references) | |
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"Splint" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Asplin, Esplan, Esplins, plint, salint, Slint, spaint, spint, spinto, splane, splant, splend, splin, splink, splinty, splitt, spoint. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "splint" (pronounced spli"nt) |
| 4 | -l i" n t | Flint, glint, lint. |
| 3 | -i" n t | imprint, dint, hint, mint, misprint, print, quint, reprint, sprint, squint, stint, tint. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-n-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: lints, pints, slipt, spilt, split. | |
-2 letters: lins, lint, lips, lisp, list, lits, nils, nips, nits, pins, pint, pits, silt, slip, slit, snip, snit, spin, spit, tils, tins, tips. | |
-3 letters: ins, its, lin, lip, lis, lit, nil, nip, nit, pin, pis, pit, psi, sin, sip, sit, til, tin, tip, tis. | |
-4 letters: in, is, it, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-n-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: pintles, plaints, plenist, plinths, pontils, splints, unspilt, unsplit. | |
+2 letters: alpinist, antislip, diplonts, displant, implants, misplant, nuptials, panelist, pantiles, penlites, pestling, pinitols, pintails, plainest, platinas, platings, plenists, plenties, potlines, ptyalins, slipknot, splinted, splinter, stapling, tailspin, toplines, unplaits, unspoilt. | |
+3 letters: alpinists, antipoles, antisleep, anviltops, cisplatin, displants, interlaps, misplants, optionals, palatines, palmitins, panelists, penalties, penlights, pestilent, phthalins, pieplants, pilotings, pistoling, plaitings, plantains, plantings, platinums, pliotrons, plotlines, pointless, ponytails, postilion, printless, pulsating, pulsation, sapiently, sculpting, simpleton, slipknots, splatting, splenetic, splinters, splintery, splinting, splitting, stippling, stoppling, stripling, suppliant, tailspins, talapoins, tapelines, terpinols, tholepins, tinplates, traplines, triplanes, tumplines. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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