Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   sliver

   /ˈslɪvə/

   noun

   • 1. a small, thin piece of something cut or split off a larger piece: "a sliver of cheese"
   • 2. a strip of loose untwisted textile fibres produced by carding.

   verb

   • 1. cut (something, especially food) into small, thin pieces: North American "sliver the blanched almonds, chop the pistachios, and set them aside"
   • 2. convert (textile fibres) into slivers: "the fibres are combed or carded, then slivered and spun into yarn"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from dialect slive ‘cleave’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • S

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points