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
  • Everyone has a smartphone and a digital banking app, and the data centers loaded with Nvidia or AMD chips can easily handle the computing requirements.
    Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Built on the same Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chip and 8GB of RAM as the Quest 3, the 3S boasts high-fidelity hand tracking, full-color passthrough and improved thermal efficiency.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • If there’s a sliver of doubt or faulty prosecutorial strategy, it will be perceived as an agenda to railroad a Black man.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2025
  • The conversations revolve around the ephemeral nature of these establishments, the high-speed turnover, and the competition for a sliver of this city.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The ash contains tiny fragments that can damage lung tissue and cause respiratory illnesses, like silicosis.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2025
  • Microplastics are polymer fragments that can range from less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) down to 1/25,000th of an inch (1 micrometer).
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • There were a few blowdowns and freshly busted logs, their splinters cast across the trail like confetti.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
  • Fragmentation splinters data, so even simple tasks drag.
    Miguel Kudry, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • The best hair gels can perfectly slick back a bun, lay stubborn flyaways to rest, or coax your curls into a uniform spiral, but the wrong ones will lead to mid-afternoon hair lined with flakes, frizz, and even damage.
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 June 2025
  • There are other ways to slow down your eating without adding paprika or chili flakes.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Less than two minutes into the burn, the motor's exhaust nozzle violently shattered into countless shards of debris.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
  • The shards weren’t discovered in the Alberts’ yard until after 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 29, 2022, according to Vanity Fair.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 19 June 2025

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“Spall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spall. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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