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Meaning of sliver

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sliver
      n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
           splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" [syn:
           {splinter}, {sliver}]
      2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been
         shaved from something [syn: {paring}, {sliver}, {shaving}]
      v 1: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: {sliver},
           {splinter}]
      2: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
         [syn: {splinter}, {sliver}]
      3: form into slivers; "sliver wood"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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