Used in a Sentence

flint

How to use flint in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for flint.

Editorial note

I'd guess that even stone age flint tools have been specialized in similar ways.

Examples5
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of flint gathered in one view.

noun

a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

noun

a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River

noun

a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for flint.

noun

a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

noun

a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River

noun

a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing

adjective

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

Example sentences

1

I'd guess that even stone age flint tools have been specialized in similar ways.

2

It doesn't seem that flint parses at all – it only tokenizes, and then you write "rules" on "streams of tokens.

3

In fact, our initial version of flint was written in C++; the D rewrite started as an experiment.

4

I chuckled at this passage: "flint is written in the D language, making it the first D codebase open-sourced by Facebook.

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What's more:"The site was deliberately backfilled sometime after 8000 BCE: the buildings were buried under debris, mostly flint gravel, stone tools, and animal bones that must have been imported from elsewhere.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use flint in a sentence?

I'd guess that even stone age flint tools have been specialized in similar ways.

What does flint mean?

a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

What part of speech is flint?

flint is commonly used as noun, adjective.