sliver
noun
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
sliver-like
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a word derived from
sliver.
Example Sentences
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Fibrilla: rod or sliver-like nerve elements, often grouped like a bundle of short threads.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
It was a dim, sliver-like rim, alone, as it rushed down the unfathomable ocean.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Nathaniel Parker Willis
