slivers

Noun

sliver (plural slivers)

1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
   • This is the tasting ritual, the lay Eucharist of cheese. The buyer squeezes the sliver of cheese between his fingers to test its consistency, sniffs it, and then tastes it as delicately as if it were the most subtle caviar.1972, Félix Martí-Ibáñez, The mirror of souls, and other essays, page 339

   Synonyms:

   shard, slice, splinter

   1. (Canada, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Upper Midwestern US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
2. 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.
3. Bait made of pieces of small fish.
4. (New-York, US) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
5. A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.

   Synonyms:

   bit, ounce, ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, continental, crumb

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