Definition of "sliver" [sliv•er]

• A slender piece cut, split, or broken off; a splinter: slivers of broken glass. (noun)
• A small narrow piece, portion, or plot: a sliver of land. (noun)
• A continuous strand of loose wool, flax, or cotton, ready for drawing and twisting. (noun)
• To split or become split into slivers. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Just for the simple fact the sliver is the most voyeuristic movie I have ever seen."
• "You guys have left them only a very thin sliver of ground to stand on."
• "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."