SPALLS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

spalls

noun

plural of spall

as in slivers

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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Noun

But embedded in nights such as Tuesday are slivers and morsels of hope and optimism.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2026
According to reports, Brinkley would inject slivers of Billy goat gonads into human scrotums as a cure for impotence.

— Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of slivers

Noun

The initial goal was to see if our chips could turn on, process a prompt, and transmit a response back to Earth.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Nutella, dulce de leche, cheesecake bites and the mini chocolate chips all got smacked with Stop Sales.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of chips

Noun

And why didn’t Colman get splinters during the film’s steamy bonking scenes?

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Legend has it this imperative caused the park’s architect, William Russell Everitt, to smash the original model to splinters with a baseball bat.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Definition of splinters

Noun

Neighbors are raising questions about the school's field where a student was injured by shards of glass.

— Payton May, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Each is almost seven by five feet, and most establish a broad field of color—blue, crimson, orange—across which migrate sharp and irregular shapes, some like long teeth or spears, others like shards of obsidian.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of shards

Noun

The marinade combines tamarind purée, fish sauce, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, and cumin, with extra glaze brushed on for maximum flavor and char.

— Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Nov. 2026
Additionally, using a toothbrush and a little dish detergent can help remove oils and skin flakes.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of flakes

Noun

Along with charred automobile parts, construction debris and battery casing fragments found on the site as deep as 16 feet underground, MPCA testing done in the early 2010s identified lead and carcinogenic chemical hotspots.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
That was one of those songs that was kind of written in different fragments and came together later.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026

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