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spall
(spôl)n.
A chip, fragment, or flake from a piece of stone or ore.
v. spalled, spall·ing, spalls
v.tr.
To break up into chips or fragments.
v.intr.
To chip or crumble.
[Middle English spalle.]
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spall
(spɔːl)n
(Geological Science) a splinter or chip of ore, rock, or stone
vb
(Geological Science) to split or cause to split into such fragments
[C15: of unknown origin]
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spall
(spɔl)n.
1. a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
v.t. 2. to break into smaller pieces, as ore; split or chip.
v.i. 3. to break or split off in chips or bits.
[1750–60; orig. uncertain; compare late Middle English spalle a chip]
spall•a′tion, n.
spall′er, n.
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spall
Past participle: spalled
Gerund: spalling
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spall
A chip broken from a stone carving.
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| Noun | 1. |  spall - a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls"fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" |
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