ENGLISH → NEPALI
flint
01
noun
चकमक ढुङ्गा अर्थात् कडा सुक्ष्म दानायुक्त क्वार्ट्ज
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
In a sentence
He used flint to make a fire.
उसले आगो बाल्न चकमक ढुङ्गाको प्रयोग गर्यो।
A note on usage
uncountable
02
noun
चकमकको टुक्रा जसबाट चिङ्गारी निकालिन्छ
A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
In a sentence
He used a flint to make a fire.
उसले आगो बाल्न चकमकको टुक्रा प्रयोग गर्यो।
A note on usage
countable; uncountable