sliver
noun
[ ˈslɪvə ]
• a small, thin piece of something cut or split off a larger piece.
• "a sliver of cheese"
Similar:
splinter,
shard,
shiver,
chip,
flake,
shred,
scrap,
slither,
shaving,
paring,
slice,
wafer,
piece,
fragment,
bit,
skelf,
rove,
• a strip of loose untwisted textile fibres produced by carding.
sliver
verb
• cut (something, especially food) into small, thin pieces.
• "sliver the blanched almonds, chop the pistachios, and set them aside"
• convert (textile fibres) into slivers.
• "the fibres are combed or carded, then slivered and spun into yarn"
Origin:
late Middle English: from dialect slive ‘cleave’.
