sliver
/ˈslɪvɚ/ noun B2- A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
- Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
- A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
- Bait made of pieces of small fish.
- A narrow high-rise apartment building.
- A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
Plural slivers
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