Hyphenation of sliver

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sliver? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

sliv-er

Definitions of sliver:

1.	A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal He got a splinter in his finger It broke into slivers
2.	A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
3.	Divide into slivers or splinters
4.	Break up into splinters or slivers The wood splintered
5.	Form into slivers Sliver wood

Synonyms of sliver:

noun	splinter, flinders, bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
noun	paring, shaving, fragment
verb	splinter, divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
verb	splinter, break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
verb	shape, form

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.