sliver
pronunciation
How to pronounce sliver in British English:
UK [ˈslɪvə(r)]
How to pronounce sliver in American English:
US [ˈslɪvɚ]
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- Noun:
- a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
- a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
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- Verb:
- divide into slivers or splinters
- break up into splinters or slivers
- form into slivers
Word Origin
- sliver (n.)
- "splinter of wood," late 14c., from obsolete verb sliven "to split, cleave," from Old English toslifan "to split, cleave" (see sleave).
Example
- 1. Yet both options are practical only for a sliver of graduates .
- 2. But the site 's name tells only a sliver of the story .
- 3. Measurement of the sliver thickness with different scanning priciples .
- 4. Used for testing the evenness of sliver and roving .
- 5. These young men competed for the sliver medal .