spalling

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of spall
2. noun The process of reducing (stone blocks, etc.) to an approximately level surface by hammering.
3. noun Any process that spalls a surface, or the damage that results from that process: spallation.
4. noun A fragment or chip of stone.

Similar words

erosion disintegration falling decline weakening scabbling spawl shingling spaller chunking

Often followed by

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