Word: sliver
Word origin: late Middle English: from dialect slive ‘cleave’.
Phonetic:
ˈslɪvəListen:
a small, thin piece of something cut or split off a larger piece. Example: a sliver of cheese
a strip of loose untwisted textile fibres produced by carding.
cut (something, especially food) into small, thin pieces. Example: sliver the blanched almonds, chop the pistachios, and set them aside
convert (textile fibres) into slivers. Example: the fibres are combed or carded, then slivered and spun into yarn
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