1
: a massive hard dark quartz that produces a spark when struck by steel
2
: an implement of flint used in prehistoric cultures
3
a
: a piece of flint
b
: a material used for producing a spark
especially
: an alloy (as of iron and cerium) used in lighters
4
: something resembling flint in hardness
Examples of flint in a Sentence
the flint in a cigarette lighter
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The battlefield was first discovered in 1996, when an amateur archaeologist found a human arm bone pierced with a flint arrowhead near the Tollense River.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
Amongst findings of human remains and flint tools, researchers also uncovered a life-size statue of a boar crafted from limestone that showed evidence of painting.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
A long time ago Dozens of bronze and flint arrowheads recovered from the Tollense Valley are revealing details about the able-bodied warriors who fought in the Bronze Age battle.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
But the most common warfare artifacts were arrowheads: So far, 54 bronze and 10 flint arrowheads have been unearthed in the central valley, and 22 more have been identified both upstream and downstream.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
Amongst findings of human remains and flint tools, researchers also uncovered a life-size statue of a boar crafted from limestone that showed evidence of painting.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
A long time ago Dozens of bronze and flint arrowheads recovered from the Tollense Valley are revealing details about the able-bodied warriors who fought in the Bronze Age battle.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
But the most common warfare artifacts were arrowheads: So far, 54 bronze and 10 flint arrowheads have been unearthed in the central valley, and 22 more have been identified both upstream and downstream.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
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flint
noun1
: a hard dark quartz that produces a spark when struck by steel
2
a
: a piece of flint
b
: an alloy (as of iron and cerium) used for producing a spark in lighters
3
: something very hard
a heart of flint
flintily
adverb
ˈflint-ᵊl-ē
flintiness
noun
ˈflint-ē-nəs
flinty
adjective
-ē
Geographical Definition
Flint
geographical name
1
river 265 miles (426 kilometers) long in western Georgia flowing south and southwest into Lake Seminole
2
city in southeast central Michigan north-northwest of Detroit population 102,434
3
or Flintshire
ˈflint-ˌshir 
administrative area of northeastern Wales bordering England and the Irish Sea area 169 square miles (438 square kilometers), population 152,506
-shər
Biographical Definition
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