Sliver

/ˈslɪv.ɚ/

Synonyms for "sliver" (109 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Determiner(1 words)
a bit

Strong matches (33)

Noun(10 words)
flakesfractionfragmentgrain of truthhintice chipiotanibspareparing
Verb(1 words)
leave a trace

Related words (54)

Adjective(4 words)
smallest portionspicktiny bittiny fraction
Verb(2 words)
splinterwhittle

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

23 entries

Showing 16 of 23 words.

More specific

10 entries
bone sliverglass sliverhintiotametal sliverplastic slivershardsplintertracewood sliver

Collocations

8 entries
sliver of glasssliver of hopesliver of icesliver of lightsliver of metalsliver of plasticsliver of truthsliver of wood

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

47 translations across 24 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • треска noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 裂片 noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Czech

3 entries
  • odřezek noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • odštěpek noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • tříska noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Finnish

2 entries
  • säle noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • tikku noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

French

2 entries
  • écharde noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • éclat noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Galician

2 entries
  • acha noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • estela noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

German

4 entries
  • Splitter noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • Spreißel noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • kleiner Teil noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • kleines Stück noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • flaski noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • flís noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Italian

4 entries
  • frammento noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • scaglia noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • scheggia noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • spezzone noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Korean

1 entries
  • 조각 noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • skaida noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • ževers noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Latvian

1 entries
  • skaida noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Māori

2 entries
  • hōripi noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • kōripi noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Spekja noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • lasca noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Romanian

2 entries
  • așchie noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • surcea noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Russian

2 entries
  • оско́лок noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • ще́пка noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Slovak

2 entries
  • trieska noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • štiepka noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Slovene

1 entries
  • trska noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Spanish

4 entries
  • astilla noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • esquirla noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • rebanadita noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • tira noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Swedish

3 entries
  • flisa noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • speta noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • sticka noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ṣat noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ince dilim noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • kıymık noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • qırm noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Our evidence is no more than a tiny sliver of solid knowledge amidst the vast bog of doubts and speculations.

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I'd only like a sliver, please.

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I'll take a sliver of the cake.

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There's a sliver of hope in this week's news, at least.

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