Spall (Noun)
Meaning
A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The quarry workers sorted the freshly extracted spalls into separate piles for crushing.
- A large spall broke off the rock face and came crashing down the mountain.
- The blue mineral spalls glinted in the sunlight as the truck drove by.
- In the mining industry, spalls are removed and processed for resale as aggregate.
- Crushed spalls were used as roadbed material for the new highway construction.