spall

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable) A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.
2. (uncountable) A process of weathering, aging, or other wear that involves the crumbling of the substrate.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To break into fragments or small pieces.
2. (especially) To undergo weathering, aging, or other wear that involves the crumbling of the substrate.
3. (transitive) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.

Konzepte

absplittern

zerbröckeln

abplatzen

Splitter

zerstückeln

Steinsplitter

Synonyme

spawl

chip

macadam

schist

shard

sherd

splinter

split

break off

reduced stone

flagstone

Übersetzungen

splinter

frammento

splinteren

versplinteren

astilla

kıymak

parçalanmak

scheggia

ufak taş parçası

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/spɔːl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: spalle

Verwandt mit Althochdeutsch: spaltan

In summary

From Middle English spalle (“a chip”) (first documented in 1440), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Middle English verb spald (“to split”) (c.1400), from Middle Low German spalden, cognate with Old High German spaltan (“to split”).