Meaning & use
spall
A small fragment or chip that breaks off a larger piece of rock, concrete, or metal.
See it in a sentence
A piece of spall from the crumbling wall nearly hit a passerby on the sidewalk.
Engineers inspected the bridge for spall caused by years of freezing and thawing.
A note on using this word
Spall is common in engineering and geology, where spalling describes surfaces breaking apart from stress, moisture, or temperature changes.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To break off in chips or fragments, especially due to stress, weathering, or impact.
The old concrete pillar began to spall after years of exposure to salty sea air.
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