sliver
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈslɪvər/
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- She carefully cut a small sliver of cheese for her sandwich.
- a sliver of light
- a sliver of time
- a sliver of land
You're playing with these like marginal slivers of space.
- You're playing with these like marginal slivers of space.
- Russia is now fighting to hold on to a sliver of Ukraine.
- There's a small sliver of people who will change their minds.
- And I could see like, you know, shadows moving and this sliver of light.
- That's part of the truth, but it's a narrow sliver of it.
- No, it's it's consciousness, which human consciousness is just a tiny sliver.
- I mean, there is a huge answer to that, and we've studied a sliver of it.
- This pattern depicts how magnetic fields cause the orientation of little slivers of iron.
- He says before you try to remove the sliver from your brother's eye, remove the pole from your own eye.
- And they're like, you showed a sliver of the hillside through the bathroom in your last video.
Examples
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Finally, hours later, when the thin sliver of moon had risen, Patch called a halt.
Fiction book (1994) -
And that's just a very small sliver of Los Angeles.
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Just a little sliver goes a long way.
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We just need to take a tiny sliver out for it to match.
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So it's a very small green sliver at the top of that chart.
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Do you mind if I take a little sliver?
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But it's there's still that little sliver of freedom.
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There's a small sliver of people who will change their minds.
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Every watch, button, photograph, or wedding ring taken from a prisoner represented a sliver of his character.
Academic text (2010) -
Burundian troops have been located along a narrow sliver of territory on the west bank of Lake Tanganyika.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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3.2
A small piece broken off something larger
179
2.1
A small piece left over or thrown away
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2.1
A small piece broken off an object, often leaving a mark
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2.3
A small thin flat piece that breaks off from something larger like snow or paint
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1.0
A very small piece of bread, cake, or other baked food
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2.8
A small thin sharp piece broken from wood or glass
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3.5
A very small amount or piece that is almost nothing
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4.8
A small piece of text or information that comes from something larger
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2.0
A thin piece cut from a surface, like wood or chocolate
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6.6
A thin piece of peel cut from fruit or vegetables
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4.1
A small piece you cut off with scissors or shears
Antonyms
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sliver comes from an old word for a very thin, broken piece; picture a tiny 'slice' or 'splinter' stuck in your finger. That's why a sliver means a small, thin piece that has come off something.