Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sliver
IPA transcription: [sl'ɪvɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: paring, sliver, shaving
    Meaning: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
  • Synonyms: splinter, sliver
    Meaning: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sliver
    Meaning: form into slivers; "sliver wood"
  • Synonyms: splinter, sliver
    Meaning: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
  • Synonyms: sliver, splinter
    Meaning: divide into slivers or splinters
Usage examples
  • As he was about to leave the hut he saw a paper pinned upon the wall with a sliver of wood and taking it down, he read: