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

This flaky white fish looks like a gourmet dish when served over a bed of couscous and dressed with mixed greens and colorful radish slivers.

— Jasmine Thompson, Midwest Living, 25 July 2026
This white and pink ombré set is elevated with gold slivers to outline each nail.

— Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 15 June 2026

Definition of slivers

Noun

Washington has ramped up export restrictions against China in recent years to slow the country’s development of AI and chips that could power its military.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Advanced Micro Devices agreed to grant equity to OpenAI in return for OpenAI agreeing to use AMD’s chips and products.

— Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of chips

Noun

Succulent shrimp meet linguine in a delicate sauce of garlic, white wine, and lemon, balanced by a hint of heat from red pepper flakes.

— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 24 July 2026
Pour the white wine over the cod and vegetables and simmer for 2-3 minutes more, until the wine has reduced slightly and the cod is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.

— Laura Mclively, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Definition of flakes

Noun

But, to be on the safe side, researchers decided to bring in a few of their key breeding stock — fragments of some of the last naturally occurring Elkhorn coral on the Florida reef — in case things get worse.

— Alex Harris July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Young orcas then gobbled up fish fragments that drifted through the water as their elders tore into what was left of the sunfish’s corpse.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

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