SPALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spall mean? 

• SPALL (noun)
  The noun SPALL has 1 sense:

1. a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge

  Familiarity information: SPALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

spall; spawl

Context example:

a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls

Hypernyms ("spall" is a kind of...):

fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)