The English Oracle

Single word for "thin slice"

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00:00 Single Word For &Quot;Thin Slice&Quot;
00:18 Accepted Answer Score 11
00:30 Answer 2 Score 4
00:45 Answer 3 Score 3
00:55 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 11


Well, "sliver" immediately sprang to mind. Don't know the connotations are that negative?




ANSWER 2

Score 4


A shave is another possibility.

Century Dictionary: A shaving; a thin paring.

American Heritage Dictionary: A thin slice or scraping; a shaving.




ANSWER 3

Score 3


Wafer, perhaps? If you can get past the image of the final scene of Meaning of Life, that is.