FLINTS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word flints. (close relations)
Definition of FLINTS
Best Alternative Words for FLINTS
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gravel | nounn | |||||||
noun • rock fragments and pebbles verb • cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations • cover with gravel • be a mystery or bewildering to | ||||||||
boulders | nounn | |||||||
noun • a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town • a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin | ||||||||
cobbles | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads verb • pave with cobblestones • repair or mend | ||||||||
pebbles | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small smooth rounded rock | ||||||||
rocks | nounn | |||||||
noun • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter • United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984) • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust • (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable • hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) • a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western • pitching dangerously to one side verb • move back and forth or sideways • cause to move back and forth | ||||||||
stones | nounn | |||||||
noun • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter • United States architect (1902-1978) • building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose • United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946) • United States filmmaker (born in 1946) • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust • United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) • a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry • United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989) • an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds • the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed • a lack of feeling or expression or movement adjective satellite • of any of various dull tannish or grey colors verb • kill by throwing stones at • remove the pits from | ||||||||
flinty | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • containing flint adjective satellite • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | ||||||||
granitic | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings • hard as granite | ||||||||
obdurate | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | ||||||||
stony | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • abounding in rocks or stones • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings • hard as granite | ||||||||
flint river | nounn | |||||||
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 |