slivernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈslɪv.ər/us/ˈslɪv.ɚ/formala very small, thin piece of something, usually broken off something larger:
a sliver of glass
Just a sliver of cake for me, please - I shouldn't really be having any.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinpoint
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
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