| Main Entry: | sliver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece, usually of wood or metal |
Synonyms: |
bit, flake, fragment, paring, shaving, shred, slice, slip, snip, snippet, splinter, thorn |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
Synonyms: |
atom, butt, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shard, flaw |
Synonyms: |
dent, flake, fragment, gobbet, nick, notch, paring, part, scrap, scratch, shaving, slice, sliver, wafer, wedge |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
Synonyms: |
break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crack off, crumble, cut away, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hackle, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snick, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle |
| Main Entry: | crumb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit, morsel |
Synonyms: |
atom, dab, dash, dram, drop, grain, iota, jot, mite, ounce, particle, pinch, scrap, seed, shred, sliver, smidgen, snippet, soupçon, speck |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
Synonyms: |
amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scale, peel |
Synonyms: |
cell, disk, drop, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, pellicle, plate, scab, section, shaving, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel off |
Synonyms: |
blister, chip, delaminate, desquamate, drop, exfoliate, pare, scab, scale, shed, slice, sliver, trim, wear away |
| Main Entry: | fragment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, chip |
Synonyms: |
ace, atom, bit, bite, chunk, crumb, cut, end, fraction, gob, grain, hunk, iota, job*, lump*, minim, morsel, particle, piece, portion, remnant, scrap, share, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, smithereen |
Antonyms: |
entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece, portion of something |
Synonyms: |
allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, module, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit |
Antonyms: |
whole |