spall
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spall
(spôl)n.
A chip, fragment, or flake from a piece of stone or ore.
v. spalled, spall·ing, spalls
v.tr.
To break up into chips or fragments.
v.intr.
To chip or crumble.
[Middle English spalle.]
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spall
(spɔːl)n
(Geological Science) a splinter or chip of ore, rock, or stone
vb
(Geological Science) to split or cause to split into such fragments
[C15: of unknown origin]
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spall
(spɔl)n.
1. a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
v.t. 2. to break into smaller pieces, as ore; split or chip.
v.i. 3. to break or split off in chips or bits.
[1750–60; orig. uncertain; compare late Middle English spalle a chip]
spall•a′tion, n.
spall′er, n.
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spall
Past participle: spalled
Gerund: spalling
| Imperative |
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| spall |
| spall |
| Present |
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| I spall |
| you spall |
| he/she/it spalls |
| we spall |
| you spall |
| they spall |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I spalled |
| you spalled |
| he/she/it spalled |
| we spalled |
| you spalled |
| they spalled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am spalling |
| you are spalling |
| he/she/it is spalling |
| we are spalling |
| you are spalling |
| they are spalling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have spalled |
| you have spalled |
| he/she/it has spalled |
| we have spalled |
| you have spalled |
| they have spalled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was spalling |
| you were spalling |
| he/she/it was spalling |
| we were spalling |
| you were spalling |
| they were spalling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had spalled |
| you had spalled |
| he/she/it had spalled |
| we had spalled |
| you had spalled |
| they had spalled |
| Future |
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| I will spall |
| you will spall |
| he/she/it will spall |
| we will spall |
| you will spall |
| they will spall |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have spalled |
| you will have spalled |
| he/she/it will have spalled |
| we will have spalled |
| you will have spalled |
| they will have spalled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be spalling |
| you will be spalling |
| he/she/it will be spalling |
| we will be spalling |
| you will be spalling |
| they will be spalling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been spalling |
| you have been spalling |
| he/she/it has been spalling |
| we have been spalling |
| you have been spalling |
| they have been spalling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been spalling |
| you will have been spalling |
| he/she/it will have been spalling |
| we will have been spalling |
| you will have been spalling |
| they will have been spalling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been spalling |
| you had been spalling |
| he/she/it had been spalling |
| we had been spalling |
| you had been spalling |
| they had been spalling |
| Conditional |
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| I would spall |
| you would spall |
| he/she/it would spall |
| we would spall |
| you would spall |
| they would spall |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have spalled |
| you would have spalled |
| he/she/it would have spalled |
| we would have spalled |
| you would have spalled |
| they would have spalled |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
spall
A chip broken from a stone carving.
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Noun 1. [画像:spall - a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge]spall - 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"
fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
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