spall

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

splinter

splinteren

versplinteren

Synoniemen

spawl

chip

macadam

schist

shard

sherd

splinter

split

break off

reduced stone

flagstone

Vertalingen

zerbröckeln

abplatzen

absplittern

Steinsplitter

scheggia

frammento

astilla

kıymak

parçalanmak

ufak taş parçası

Splitter

zerstückeln

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/spɔːl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spalle

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: 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”).