sliver

Noun

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

• a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
  • he got a splinter in his finger
    
  • it broke into slivers
    

Verb

• form into slivers
  • sliver wood
    

• break up into splinters or slivers
  • The wood splintered
    

• divide into slivers or splinters

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  paring , shaving , splinter