| shaving(noun, verb, piece, bit, scrap) |
| sliver(noun, piece, bit, scrap, fragment) |
| chip(noun, piece, bit, flaw, fragment) |
| clipping(noun, verb, smallness, diminishing, subtracting) |
| cutting(verb, separating, subtracting, cheapening) |
| flake(noun, piece, bit, fragment, slice) |
| splinter(noun, solid, piece, fragment, slice) |
| trimming(verb, diminishing, subtracting, cheapening) |
| cropping(verb, diminishing, subtracting) |
| curtailing(verb, diminishing, subtracting) |
| pruning(noun, verb, diminishing, subtracting) |
| reducing(verb, diminishing, subtracting, cheapening) |
| bit(noun, piece, scrap, fragment, strip) |
| crumb(piece, bit, scrap, strip, smallness) |
| decreasing(verb, adjective, diminishing, subtracting) |
| gobbet |
| janitorial |
| lessening(noun, verb, diminishing, subtracting) |
| modicum(piece, scrap, strip, smallness) |
| morsel |