sliver

nouns

a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal

"he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"

sliver, splinter

is derived from

a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

paring, shaving, sliver

is derived from

divide into slivers or splinters

sliver, splinter

break up into splinters or slivers

"The wood splintered"

sliver, splinter

form into slivers

"sliver wood"

sliver

is a type of (narrower)

give shape or form to

"shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"