Home › Words › S › spallspall/spɔːl/spall means A surname.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, spall ranks #12,269 of 42,762 for Qualifying.spall is pronounced /spɔːl/.EtymologyUnknown.nameA surname.nounA splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.e.g.“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:A process of weathering, aging, or other wear that involves the crumbling of the substrate.e.g.“The failure of this bearing involved spall under high load.”The shoulder.verbTo break into fragments or small pieces.To undergo weathering, aging, or other wear that involves the crumbling of the substrate.e.g.“When the bearing race spalled under high load, it led to the failure of the bearing.”To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.spallation 79% match — Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby. vs spall →spallable 72% match — Suitable for being spalled. vs spall →spalling 70% match — The process of reducing (stone blocks, etc.) to an approximately level surface by hammering. vs spall →scabling 67% match — A fragment or chip of stone. vs spall →spallogenic 66% match — Formed by spallation. vs spall →chipping 65% match — A fragment broken off a larger object. vs spall →roofspall 64% match — debris from the roof (and walls) of a cave or similar shelter vs spall →spald 63% match — To split. vs spall →