pirstale — meaning in English

English meaning

• shard noun A sharp broken piece of glass, pottery, or similar brittle material.
• splinter noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.
• split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.

Senses

pirstale is used for these senses in English:

• shard (by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
• splinter A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
• split A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.

shard — full definition

1. noun A sharp broken piece of glass, pottery, or similar brittle material.
2. noun In computing, one segment of a database or online game world that has been split up to spread the load across multiple servers.

splinter — full definition

1. noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.
2. noun A smaller group that has broken away from a larger organization.
3. verb To break, or cause to break, into thin sharp pieces.
4. verb To break apart into smaller factions.

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