| NOUN | object | sliver, splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal |
|---|---|---|---|
| object | sliver, paring, shaving | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | |
| VERB | social | sliver, splinter | divide into slivers or splinters |
| change | sliver, splinter | break up into splinters or slivers | |
| change | sliver | form into slivers |
| Sounds | slih'ver | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | achiever ... woodcarver: 114 rhymes with ver... | |
| Meaning | A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "it broke into slivers" | |
| Synonym | splinter | |
| Broader | bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap | A small fragment of something broken ... / broken off from the whole |
| Spanish | astilla, esquirla | |
| Catalan | esquerdill, estella | |
| Adjectives | slivery | resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points |
| Verbs | sliver | break up into splinters or slivers |
| sliver | form into slivers | |
| Meaning | A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | paring, shaving | |
| Narrower | splint | A thin sliver of wood |
| turning | A shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe | |
| Broader | fragment | A piece broken ... / broken off or cut ... / cut off of something else |
| Adjectives | slivery | resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points |
| Verbs | sliver | form into slivers |
| sliver | divide into slivers or splinters | |
| Meaning | divide into slivers or splinters. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | splinter | |
| Broader | divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up | separate into parts or portions |
| Spanish | astillarse, astillar | |
| Catalan | asclar, esberlar-se, esberlar, estellar | |
| Nouns | sliver | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something |
| Meaning | Break up into splinters or slivers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | splinter | |
| Broader | break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces |
| Spanish | astillarse, astillar | |
| Catalan | asclar, esberlar-se, esberlar, estellar | |
| Nouns | sliver | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal |
| Meaning | form into slivers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "sliver wood" | |
| Broader | shape, form | Give shape or form to |
| Spanish | astillar | |
| Catalan | estellar | |
| Nouns | sliver | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something |
| sliver | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal | |
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