slivers

Meanings

Noun

• a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
  • "it broke into slivers"
• a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
• plural of sliver

Verb

• divide into slivers or splinters
• break up into splinters or slivers
• form into slivers
• third-person singular simple present indicative of sliver

Synonyms

paring, shaving, sliver, splinter