sliver
US: /ˈsɫɪvɝ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sliver /'slivə/
- danh từ
- miếng, mảnh (gỗ)
- mảnh đạn, mảnh bom
- miếng cá con (lạng ra để làm muối)
- sợi (len, gai, bông... để xe...)
- ngoại động từ
- cắt ra từng miếng, lạng ra từng mảnh
- lạng (cá) (để làm mồi câu)
- tước (gai, đay...) thành sợi (để xe...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a small or thin piece of sth that is cut or broken off from a larger piece: slivers of glass / wood + (figurative) A sliver of light showed under the door.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
fragment, piece, shard, shred, splinter, slip, shaving, paring, flake, chip, bit, scrap, snippet, snip:
Two weeks later, we were still finding tiny slivers of glass from the broken vase.
Concise English dictionary
slivers|slivered|slivering'slɪvə(r)
noun
+a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
+a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
verb
+divide into slivers or splinters
+break up into splinters or slivers
+form into slivers
