SLIVER Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

sliver 1 of 2

noun

ˈsli-vər

Definition of sliver

as in chip

a small flat piece separated from a whole I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger

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sliver

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verb

ˈsli-vər

as in to slice

to cut into long slender pieces carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry

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Recent Examples of sliver

Noun

Phone makers like Samsung, Huawei and Motorola have been selling foldable phones for years, though such devices only account for a sliver of global smartphone sales. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 According to reports, Brinkley would inject slivers of Billy goat gonads into human scrotums as a cure for impotence. — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026

Verb

The dish was popularized in the western Oklahoma City suburb of El Reno, where Ross Davis first piled slivered onions onto thin beef patties at his Hamburger Inn. — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sliver

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Noun

Massive groups of specialised computer chips must sit very close together to work at top speed.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026
The burger will drip all over your fries, which are included and cut like pickle chips.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of chip

Verb

Then Bottura started saucing it, slicing it and feeding event attendees who had gathered to watch the spectacle unfold.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
There are many ways to become obsessed with life’s frame rate, with the varying speed of an action and the way that time can be sliced or spun in the presentation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of slice

Noun

Hanging from a gantry erected in the interior courtyard of the palazzo, tire fragments are threaded together and reassembled into hulking blasting mats.

— Tina M. Campt, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
As attention fragments across endless feeds and screens, the moments people choose to show up for in person have become some of the most valuable in media.

— William Earl, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fragment

Noun

Students sitting with arms linked at the elbows could only see in shards through a picket of shin guards, restricting their view of the area where classmates and roommates were dragged one by one and zip-tied face down on the spring grass.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Windows had been boarded up to avoid glass shards hurting anyone in case of an explosion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of shard

Noun

From there, Bono and McDaid did a rewrite of the lyrics to make it about a mother watching her family splinter, and, the magazine says, Parton agreed to sing the new Bono/McDaid version of her tune.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Pushing those briars aside revealed a single splinter of stained glass, bright as a ruby and warm as blood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of splinter

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