Meaning of Shatter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fragment of anything shattered.
   archaic, countable
2. A surname.
3. A (pine) needle.
   countable, uncountable
4. A scattering, a smattering; a quantity of something scattered, like a sprinkling of seeds or a shower of rain.
   countable, uncountable
5. A form of concentrated cannabis.
   slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“to break a glass into shatters”

“it will fall upon the glass of the sconce, and break it into shatters”

“My usual habit is, as soon as I get my wheat trodden out, and my corn secured in the fall, to litter my farm yard (and if my cultivation is far off, I select some warm spot near the field) with leaves and pine shatters, (preferring the former) ...”

“They are preserved in cellars, or out of doors in kilns. The method of fixing them is to raise the ground a few inches, where they are to be placed, and cover with pine shatters to the depth of six inches or more.”

“Grandpa snapped his fingers. "Consarn it all!" he sputtered. "I plumb forgot the pine shatters. Paul and Maureen, you gather some nice smelly pine shatters from off 'n the floor of the woods. Nothin' makes a better cushion for pony feet as pine shatters ..."”

“There's a tidy shatter of sin already in the Fee, says Parson. Ah, says I, but us can't all be saints like yourself, Parson.”

“[He] steps out into the rain. It takes his eyes a moment to adjust, to get used to the misty glow of the moon above them, to take in the wild look of their yard, and the shatter of rain. The insects have escaped it at least, hidden beneath the cover of grass and foliage, beneath the low-hanging branches of the jacarandas and poincianas. Birds huddle there as well,[…]”

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