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Explore Spittal through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Spittal | Spittalton

Spittal meaning

  1. lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital
  2. a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases
  3. a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks

Using Spittal

  • The main meaning on this page is: lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital | a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases | a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks
  • In the example corpus, spittal often appears in combinations such as: blair spittal, the spittal, spittal of.

Context around Spittal

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

blair 4× improvisation 1× beauly 1× near 1×

Often after:

swung 1× loch 1× returning 1× iuvavum 1×

Sentence patterns with Spittal

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and blair spittal returning to 1× by blair spittal after scoring 1× for beauly spittal and loch 1× of improvisation spittal s superb 1× of the spittal of glenshee 1× teurnia near spittal iuvavum salzburg 1× the spittal loch buidhe 1× the spittal of glenshee 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

chris erskine is 1× donald cameron outside 1× fir park boss 1× in addition on 1× it also includes 1× other important towns 1×

Common sentence endings:

2030 renewable targets 1× again no takers 1× and lauriacum enns 1× buidhe in sutherland 1× falkirk at firhill 1× in november 1975 1×

Words around Spittal

Just before it in the word index:

spitse 4 spitsbergen 16 spits 70 spitlight 2 spitler 2 spiting 3

Just after it in the word index:

spittalton 2 spitter 19 spitters 4 spitting 219 spittle 16 spittler 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Spittal

  • In this selection, "spittal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, blair, improvisation, beauly, swung, loch and returning stand out and add context to how "spittal" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and blair spittal returning to and by blair spittal after scoring. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "spittal" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with spittal

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Spittal of Glenshee Hotel in November 1975. (8 words)

Donald Cameron outside the ruins of the Spittal of Glenshee Hotel. (11 words)

Chris Erskine is joined by Blair Spittal after scoring for Partick Thistle in their recent win over Falkirk at Firhill. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

That looked to be that, but Motherwell roared back, and when Blair Spittal swung in a corner, Obika was the first to react and somehow forced the ball home, just as the board went up to indicate 10 minutes of added time. (42 words)

But then the hosts produced another superb moment of improvisation – Spittal’s superb back-flick putting in the overlapping Brodie Spencer who drilled a quality ball across the six-yard box but again NO takers. (35 words)

And when they did finally score through Blair Spittal’s 95th-minute equaliser, after sub Luis Palma had opened the scoring, Celtic found a winner two minutes later through Matt O’Riley. (32 words)

Example sentences (11)

And when they did finally score through Blair Spittal’s 95th-minute equaliser, after sub Luis Palma had opened the scoring, Celtic found a winner two minutes later through Matt O’Riley.

But then the hosts produced another superb moment of improvisation – Spittal’s superb back-flick putting in the overlapping Brodie Spencer who drilled a quality ball across the six-yard box but again NO takers.

It also includes a new transmission line from Beauly to Peterhead and three new substations for Beauly, Spittal and Loch Buidhe, in Sutherland.

That looked to be that, but Motherwell roared back, and when Blair Spittal swung in a corner, Obika was the first to react and somehow forced the ball home, just as the board went up to indicate 10 minutes of added time.

The Spittal-Loch Buidhe-Beauly 400kV project is part of a GB wide programme of works that are required to meet UK and Scottish Government 2030 renewable targets.

Donald Cameron outside the ruins of the Spittal of Glenshee Hotel.

Fir Park boss Stuart Kettlewell has made one change from last week's 2-0 defeat to Hearts, with Harry Paton dropping out and Blair Spittal returning to the side after injury.

In addition, on Wednesday, May, 15 the council will be holding its Annual Town Meeting at Northern View in Spittal from 6pm.

The Spittal of Glenshee Hotel in November 1975.

Chris Erskine is joined by Blair Spittal after scoring for Partick Thistle in their recent win over Falkirk at Firhill.

Other important towns were Virunum (north of the modern Klagenfurt ), Teurnia (near Spittal ), Iuvavum (Salzburg) and the legion camps of Vindobona (Vienna) and Lauriacum ( Enns ).

Common combinations with spittal

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "spittal" in a sentence?
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What does "spittal" mean?
Spittal means: lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital
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