Meaning & use
flints
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Pieces of a hard, fine-grained quartz that produce sparks when struck against steel, historically used as tools, weapons, or to ignite fires.
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The archaeologists uncovered a cache of flints used by early hunters to make arrowheads.
He replaced the flints in his vintage lighter so it would spark again.
A note on using this word
Flint's sparking property gave rise to "flintlock" firearms, which used a piece of flint striking steel to ignite gunpowder.
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