sliver

noun

  1. 1

    a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

  2. 2

    a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal

    he got a splinter in his finger

    it broke into slivers

verb

  1. 1

    form into slivers

    sliver wood

  2. 2

    break up into splinters or slivers

    The wood splintered

  3. 3

    divide into slivers or splinters

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