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Spall

/spɔːl/

A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.

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📖 Definitions of "Spall"

noun

1
A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.

verb

1
To break into fragments or small pieces.
2
To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spall"

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Word	Definition
cobblenoun	(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
spawlnoun	(archaic) Scattered or ejected spittle.
splinternoun	A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
spalenoun	A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
spilenoun	(US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
spelknoun	(Northumbria, Cumbria) A splinter, usually of wood.
splitnoun	A crack or longitudinal fissure.
speldernoun	Alternative form of speld (“chip, splinter”). [(Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) A chip of wood; a splinter.]
speldnoun	(Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) A chip of wood; a splinter.
slivernoun	A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
speltverb	(transitive, obsolete) To grind or crush (grain or pulses).
spellnoun	Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
splentnoun	Obsolete form of splint (“excrescence of bone”). [A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.]
smithereennoun	(Canada) A native of Smithers, British Columbia.
galletnoun	(especially in plural) A splinter of stone inserted into the wet mortar of masonry.
speelnoun	(chiefly South Africa) A story; a spiel.
scrapnoun	(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
chippingnoun	(uncountable) The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.
fritternoun	A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
spittlenoun	Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.