· a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
Synonym(s): splinter
Hypernym(s): bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
· a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Hypernym(s): fragment
· divide into slivers or splinters
Synonym(s): splinter
Hypernym(s): divide, split, split_up, separate, dissever, carve_up
· break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
Synonym(s): splinter
Hypernym(s): break_up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
· form into slivers; "sliver wood"