English noun: Flinders | |||
1. | Flinders (person) British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814) | ||
Synonyms | Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders | ||
Instance hypernym | adventurer, explorer | ||
2. | flinders (group) bits and splinters and fragments | ||
Samples | It would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||