Read the dictionary definition of sliver. All definitions for this word.
1. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
2. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
1. he got a splinter in his finger
2. it broke into slivers
3. form into slivers
1. sliver wood
4. break up into splinters or slivers
1. The wood splintered
5. divide into slivers or splinters