sliver
Meaning
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- A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
- A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
- 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.
- Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
- A narrow high-rise apartment building.
- A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
Synonyms
broken piece
bothridium
short splintered chunk
white cheese
slag particle
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈslɪv.ə(ɹ)/
Etymology
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”)).
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