Definition of spall
English to English noun - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - The shoulder.
source: Webster 1913 - A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge.
source: Webster 1913 verb - To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock.
source: Webster 1913 - To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.
source: Webster 1913
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spall, spell, spawl, spill, sepal, spale, sapal, spial, scopal, sawbill, sabella, saveall, spillway, shapable, sawbelly, supplely, save-all, supplial, sabal, sapol
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