NOUN | substance | flint | a hard kind of stone |
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object | Flint, Flint River | a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River | |
location | Flint | a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit | |
ADJECTIVE | all | flint, flinty, granitic, obdurate, stony | showing unfeeling resistance to tender / tender feelings |
Sounds | flih'nt | |
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Rhymes | ament ... varmint: 39 rhymes with ihnt... |
Meaning | showing unfeeling resistance to tender / tender feelings. | |
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Example | "his flinty gaze" | |
Synonyms | flinty, granitic, obdurate, stony | |
Broader | hardhearted, heartless | lacking in feeling or pity or warmth |
Spanish | empedernido, obstinado, terco |
Meaning | A hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony. | |
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Narrower | firestone | A piece of flint that is struck to light a fire |
flintstone | pebbles of flint used in masonry construction | |
gunflint | The piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon | |
Broader | silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide | A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2) |
Spanish | pedernal, piedra de mechero, sílex | |
Catalan | pedra foguera, pedrenyal, pedrenyera, sílex, sílex piromàtic | |
Adjectives | flinty | containing flint |
Meaning | A river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River. | |
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Synonym | Flint River | |
Instance of | river | A large natural stream of water (larger / larger than a creek) |
Part of | Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA, Ga. | A state in southeastern United States |
Meaning | A city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing. | |
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Instance of | city, metropolis, urban center | A large and densely populated urban area |
Part of | Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI, Mich. | A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region |
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