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- Dictionaryspall/spɔːl/
verb
- 1. break (ore, rock, or stone) into smaller pieces, especially in preparation for sorting: "the ore was spalled by young women seated at anvils"
noun
- 1. a splinter or chip, especially of rock.
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Noun. They are made up of huge amounts of matter squeezed into a spall space, which creates a gravitational field so powerful that the black hole pulls everything around it inside, including light.
Spall definition: a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.. See examples of SPALL used in a sentence.
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 ”. synonyms: spawl. see more. see less. type of: fragment. a piece broken off or cut off of something else.
Spalling is a common mechanism of rock weathering, and occurs at the surface of a rock when there are large shear stresses under the surface. This form of mechanical weathering can be caused by freezing and thawing, unloading, thermal expansion and contraction, or salt deposition.
Define spall. spall synonyms, spall pronunciation, spall translation, English dictionary definition of spall. 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.
2 meanings: 1. a splinter or chip of ore, rock, or stone 2. to split or cause to split into such fragments.... Click for more definitions.
Noun. Singular: spall. Plural: spalls. Origin of Spall. From Middle English spalle (“a chip" ) (first documented in 1440), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Middle English verb spald (“to split" ) (c.1400), from Middle Low German spalden, cognate with Old High German spaltan (“to split" )
