nounmasculinepl: estilhaços
splinter, fragment, shard
1. A small, sharp piece broken off from a larger object, especially glass, wood, or ceramic
A splinter from the wooden table pierced my finger.
Um estilhaço da mesa de madeira furou meu dedo.
2. A fragment or piece of something broken into small parts
The explosion scattered shards of glass everywhere.
A explosão espalhava estilhaços de vidro por todo lugar.
Related Idioms & Phrases
estilhaço de vidro (glass shard)
estilhaço de porcelana (ceramic fragment)
quebrar em estilhaços (to shatter into fragments)
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