as in chip
a small flat piece separated from a whole
found a variety of uses for the spalls left over from their stonecutting operations
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Recent Examples of spall
The curtains are made up of overlapping, three-quarter inch plates of AR500 steel encased in a layer of ballistic nylon that captures spall, the shards of metal that break off from a colliding bullet.
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Dan Robitzski, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2018
The reports noted that numerous repairs had been made to cracks and spalls in the spillway.
—Bettina Boxall, latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2017
Dan Robitzski, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2018
The reports noted that numerous repairs had been made to cracks and spalls in the spillway.
—Bettina Boxall, latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spall
Noun
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Add the chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the candies.—
Bev Barrett,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Citing an arrest report, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported a man allegedly invited her and another woman up to his hotel room, then woke up missing nearly $100,000 in cash, casino chips, jewelry, and luxury luggage.—
Ben Brachfeld,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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A lot of people were holding out a sliver of hope that Trump One wouldn’t be the road map for Trump Two.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2025
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In the greater Bay Area, insurers who opt into the plan will be required to write more policies in Marin, Napa, and Santa Cruz counties, as well as parts of San Mateo and Sonoma counties and a sliver of Santa Clara County.—
Ethan Varian,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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These worms have long white tentacles and live in tubes made of coral fragments.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Today, their bones are few and far between, found typically in isolation and in fragments.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Plus, wooden tools and handles might crack, splinter, and break if exposed to excess moisture.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2025
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Popular on Variety The tone for proceedings is set by an introductory anecdote that Ricciardi relates directly to camera, concerning a teenage masturbation mishap that left him with splinters in the head of his member.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Even within a group—the flakes so numerous as to be seemingly uncountable—no two, we were told, are exactly alike.—
Chris Wiley,
The New Yorker,
15 Feb. 2025
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Large flakes fell at a lively rate and in a few hours the snow was three inches deep.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The researchers behind the brain plastics study think the tiny shards of plastic hitch a ride on fat molecules to get inside brain cells.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
14 Feb. 2025
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Overall, cadaver brain samples contained seven to 30 times more tiny shards of plastic than their kidneys and liver, said co-lead study author Matthew Campen, Regents’ Professor and professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Spall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spall. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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