spalt

See also Spalt

English

Etymology

Compare German Spalt (“stein”), from spalten (“to split”).

Noun

spalt (uncountable)

1. spelter

Adjective

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.

Verb

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

1. To break off pieces, especially with an axe etc; to splinter

Anagrams

• plats
• splat

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃpalt/

Verb

spalt

1. Imperative singular of spalten.

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Swedish

Etymology

Used in Swedish since 1657, same as Danish spalte, from German Spalte, based on the verb spalten (“to split”), related to Swedish spjäll, spilla, spillra

Noun

spalt c

1. a (long and narrow) gap
2. a column (of text)

Declension

Declension of spalt

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spalt	spalten	spalter	spalterna
genitive	spalts	spaltens	spalters	spalternas

Related terms

• spalta
• spaltbredd
• spaltmeter
• spaltutrymme

Synonyms

• glugg
• kolumn

References

• spalt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
• spalt in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)