Synonyms: paring, sliver, shaving
Definition: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Similar words: fragment
Definition: a piece broken off or cut off of something else
Usage: a fragment of rock
Definition: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
Usage: he got a splinter in his finger; it broke into slivers
Similar words: bit, flake, fleck, chip, scrap
Definition: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Usage: a bit of rock caught him in the eye
Synonyms: sliver
Definition: form into slivers
Usage: sliver wood
Definition: give shape or form to
Usage: shape the dough; form the young child's character
Definition: break up into splinters or slivers
Usage: The wood splintered
Similar words: fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up
Definition: break or cause to break into pieces
Usage: The plate fragmented
Definition: divide into slivers or splinters
Similar words: dissever, divide, separate, split, split up, carve up
Definition: separate into parts or portions
Usage: divide the cake into three equal parts; The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I