From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Geologyflintflint /flɪnt/ noun1[uncountable]HEG a type of smooth hard stone that makes a small flame when you hit it with steel2[countable]DFU a piece of this stone or a small piece of metal that makes a small flame when you hit it with steelExamples from the Corpusflint• It was built with local greenstone, flint and chalk, by the monks from Wilmington Priory.• Like the ages of flint, bronze and iron these phases were not exclusive.• In a cist at Brahunisary in the Kildalton area there was a skeleton and a large quantity of flintflakes and chips.• Pierry derives its name from a stratum of flint in the subsoil which reputedly gives its wine a markedflintytaste.• In Suffolk, most villas had footings of stone or flint, with timer-framed or claylump walls.• Opposite were the elegant backs of Victorian houses, their greybricksswelling into bow-windows, the roof-tiles glistening like wetflint.OriginflintOld English