sliver

(Anglès)

Noun

1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
2. (Canada, Essex, Kent) A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
3. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
4. Bait made of pieces of small fish.
5. (New-York, US) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
6. A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.

Verb

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈslɪv.ə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sliver

In summary

From Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave, split”), from Old English slīfan (as in tōslīfan (“to split, split up”)).

Conceptes

estella

estellar

esberlar

esberlar-se

asclar

edifici

Sinònims

splinter

fragment

chip

shard

slice

shatter

slit

smash

scrap

shred

paring

shaving

dwelling

edifice

fabric

fillet

fin

fist

✊

flinders

fritter

home

🏠

house

🏠

hut

🛖

hutch

lath

louver

louvre

pale

parcel out

picket

place

rend

rive

screed

shack

shanty

sherd

shiver

skive

slash

slat

slip

slot

splint

splintery

split

split off

squat

stave

strip

Traduccions

éclat

écharde

Splitter

scheggia

lasca

scheggiare

splinter

astilla

farpa

kıymık

scherf

frammento

rancajo

scaglia

tranche