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spalt
- /spɔːlt/
Rhymes with -ɔːlt
Where it comes from
Compare German Spalt (“stein”), from spalten (“to split”).
noun
- spelter.
adjective more spalt · most spalt
- brittle. Note: (US) Spalted wood is that which has been cut from a naturally cured, dead, or dying hardwood tree whose wood is normally light in color (such as pecan), and which exhibits patterns of dark stain (crazed) lines and splotches caused by microorganisms and/or fungus. Although slightly more brittle
- heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy.
verb spalts · spalting · spalted
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To break off pieces, or have them broken off, especially with an axe etc; to splinter.
Similar: spall
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