sliver

IPA: sɫˈɪvɝ

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
(Upper Midwestern US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
(US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.

(transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

Examples of "sliver" in Sentences

I think that sliver is smaller than you think it is.
Currently your magazine has become a thin sliver of it's glory days.
You guys have left them only a very thin sliver of ground to stand on.
Just for the simple fact the sliver is the most voyeuristic movie I have ever seen.
CowboyCooler -- A sliver is a slice that is the length of the onion and about 1/4 inch wide.
He is, however, a damn good writer, who can easily cram a juicy epic into a thin sliver of a book: in this case, a 50-page worth Situation.
Well, my guess is that “thin sliver” of property taxes pretty much funds all the schools, but I really wanted to stand up and ask – what about the capital they have invested in the city?
Since 1980 a relentless attack on the middle class has concentrated an ever-greater share of national wealth on the hands of a thin sliver of an increasingly aggressive elite; it is reaching its natural culmination in the foreclosure crisis.