SPALL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls

Synonyms:

spall; spawl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

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

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