sliver

Meanings

Noun

• a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
  • "it broke into slivers"
• a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

Verb

• divide into slivers or splinters
• break up into splinters or slivers
• form into slivers
  • "sliver wood"

Synonyms

paring, shaving, splinter