SPALL Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

spall

noun

ˈspȯl

Definition of spall

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. — 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

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Noun

Following the successful first model, this iteration will feature binned A19 Pro chips, repurposed from iPhone 17 Pro production, which dictates its release timeline as chip stock accumulates.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Nvidia would supply computing hardware through the chip arrangement instead of directly funding construction.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of chip

Noun

Although the wealthy Gulf oil states and small slivers of Arab elites flourished within this system, for most people the American order meant only violence, hopelessness, and deprivation.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
But at least there is a tiny sliver of hope in the very last scene, which features Jones’ real father in a silent but moving cameo role.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of sliver

Noun

She was rushed to the hospital and was last listed in stable condition after undergoing surgery to remove the bullet fragments.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
And because intelligence exists in isolated fragments across different systems, companies end up deploying armies of employees whose primary, manual job is just interpretation.

— Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of fragment

Noun

One day, while washing a wooden cutting board, a splinter lodged in my left index finger.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Townshend’s cynicism proved prescient as the generation that marched, occupied, and dropped out in the late 1960s spent the 1970s watching the New Left splinter.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of splinter

Noun

These kinds of seemingly effortless lines, lines that take a small shard of experience and hold it up to the light, offer some clues as to how the thirty-one-year-old Bridgers earned her reputation as one of her generation’s standout songwriters.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
Each year, countless shards of this ancient comet collide with our wandering planet.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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