spaltとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /spɔːlt/
• 韻: -ɔːlt

名詞

spalt (uncountable)

1. spelter.

形容詞

spalt (comparative more spalt, superlative most spalt)

1. (of wood) 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 and porous than normal wood from the same species of tree, spalted wood nevertheless can be used to make decorative items and small pieces of furniture.

   • 1772, William Ellis, Husbandry, Abridged:

     a brittle, spalt wood

2. heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy.

動詞

spalt (third-person singular simple present spalts, present participle spalting, simple past and past participle spalted)

1. (ambitransitive) To break off pieces, or have them broken off, especially with an axe etc; to splinter.

   Synonym: spall

アナグラム

• -plast, plats, slapt, splat