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Sliver (Noun)

A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers".

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).

She pulled out a sliver of glass from her foot after stepping on the broken vase.
A sliver of metal lodged in his hand after the accident with the power saw.
He got a sliver in his finger while handling the old wooden furniture.
The window shattered into a thousand slivers of glass after the storm.
A sliver of wood broke off from the tree branch and pierced her skin.

A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something.

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).

A small sliver of wood remained stuck in her finger after the accident.
The carpenter carefully removed a sliver of rotten wood from the floorboard.
She tried to extract the sliver from her hand with a pair of tweezers but it was too small.
A sliver of metal splintered off the corner of the rusty car door.
The forester shaved a sliver of bark from the ancient tree to study its growth rings.