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spalls

spalls is the plural of spall.

Meaning of spall

Noun (1)

spall (plural spalls)

  1. (countable) A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.
    • My father knew Bert Le Feuvre, the foreman of Griffith's yard, and there was a little heap of spawls waiting ready every night in summer after school for me to crack.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 13
  2. (uncountable, especially concerning ferroconcrete structures or metal objects) A process of weathering, aging, or other wear that involves the crumbling of the substrate.
    • The failure of this bearing involved spall under high load.
    Synonyms:
    spalling, spallation

Noun (2)

spall (plural spalls)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The shoulder.
    • Their mightie ſtrokes their haberieons diſmayld, / And naked made each others manly ſpalles; […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30, page 265

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Proper noun capitalized: Spalls

Spalls

  1. (plural) plural of Spall

Questions about spalls

What is spalls the plural of?
Spalls is the plural of spall.
What part of speech is spalls?
Spalls is a proper noun.

Words near spalls in the dictionary

  1. spalling
  2. spallings
  3. spallogenic
  4. Spallone
  5. Spallones
  6. spalls
  7. Spalnoye
  8. spalpeen
  9. spalpeens
  10. spalt
  11. spalted

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