flint
/flɪnt/noun
उच्चारण फ़्लिन्ट
चकमक पत्थर
Core word
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[U, C]
a type of very hard grey stone that can produce a spark when it is hit against steel
चकमक पत्थर
- Stone Age flint tools
- He struck the flint against steel to light the fire.
- Early humans made sharp knives from flint.
+ 2 more examples
- The old lighter needs a new flint.
- Sparks flew when the flint hit the metal.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a piece of flint / flint (uncountable)
As a material, flint is uncountable; to talk about one lump, say a piece of flint or a flint.
पदार्थ के रूप में 'flint' uncountable है; एक टुकड़े के लिए 'a piece of flint' या 'a flint' कहा जाता है।
- The guide showed us a piece of flint that early humans had shaped into a blade.
- Flint is found in chalk and limestone rocks.
flint + noun (noun modifier)
Flint is often placed before another noun to describe a tool or object made from it.
'Flint' को अक्सर दूसरे noun से पहले रखकर उससे बनी वस्तु बताई जाती है।
- The museum displays flint tools from the Stone Age.
- He struck the flint stone against steel to make a spark.
flint and steel / the flint of a lighter
The word also names the small hard piece inside a lighter that makes the spark.
यह शब्द लाइटर के अंदर के उस छोटे कठोर टुकड़े को भी बताता है जो चिंगारी पैदा करता है।
- The lighter would not work because the flint had worn out.
- Campers once lit fires with flint and steel.
flint (figurative, hard as flint)
A person or look can be described as hard as flint when it shows no pity or softness.
किसी व्यक्ति या नज़र को 'hard as flint' कहा जाता है जब उसमें दया या कोमलता न हो।
- The judge's face was set like flint as he read the sentence.
+Collocations 5
adjective + flint
sharpgreyhardchippedpolished
- The farmer found a sharp flint while ploughing the field.
flint + noun
toolarrowheadaxebladeknife
- Archaeologists dug up a flint arrowhead near the river.
verb + flint
strikechipshapereplaceuse
- Early hunters would strike flint to shape a cutting edge.
flint + preposition
of flintfrom flintwith flintin flint
- The tools were made of flint and bone.
flint + preposition
flint in chalkflint among the stonesflint for tools
- Nodules of flint are found in the chalk cliffs of southern England.
“More examples 7
- Radhika read that primitive people used flint to start fires.
राधिका ने पढ़ा कि आदिम लोग आग जलाने के लिए flint का उपयोग करते थे।
- The history textbook has a picture of a Stone Age flint knife.
इतिहास की पाठ्यपुस्तक में पाषाण युग के एक flint चाकू का चित्र है।
- A spark flew from the flint and lit the dry grass.
flint से एक चिंगारी उड़ी और सूखी घास जल उठी।
- Flint breaks into sharp edges, which is why it was so useful for tools.
Flint टूटकर तेज धार बनाता है, इसीलिए वह औज़ारों के लिए इतना उपयोगी था।
- His eyes were as hard as flint when he heard the unfair decision.
अनुचित निर्णय सुनकर उसकी आँखें पत्थर जैसी कठोर हो गईं।
- Sparks flew when he struck the flint against the steel rod.
जब उसने flint को लोहे की छड़ से टकराया तो चिंगारियाँ उड़ीं।
- Guides on the trek warned us not to throw away old lighters, whose flint can last for years.
ट्रेक के गाइडों ने हमें पुराने लाइटर न फेंकने को कहा, क्योंकि उनका flint वर्षों चल सकता है।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
History: early humans made tools and fire with flint.
इतिहास में आदिमानव चकमक पत्थर से औज़ार और आग बनाते थे।