name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
flinders
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/ˈflɪndəz/
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CMU ARPABET: F L IH1 N D ER0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia, name after the river; in full, the Shire of Flinders.
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name
Meaning 3
A long river in northern Queensland, which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria; in full, the Flinders River.
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name
Meaning 4
A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
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noun
Meaning 5
fragments, splinters
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Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 6
plural of flinder
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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verb
Meaning 7
third-person singular simple present indicative of flinder
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Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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noun
Meaning 8
bits and splinters and fragments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage
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Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
noun
Meaning 9
British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders
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Broader terms: explorer, adventurer
History
Etymology
Probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; see flinder.
See flinder.
Real reading context