Flint

5 lettersnoun

Updated June 2026

Definition

A hard grey rock used for striking fire, or a type of chert.

“The Stone Age people fashioned tools from flint.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/flɪnt/

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Synonyms

flintygraniticobduratestony

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Words Related to Flint

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clint faint feint fling flirt glint

Words you can make from Flint

Shorter words formed from the letters in “flint”.

filt flit infl intl lift

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