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Mottling

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v. Present participle of mottle.

n. spots or blotches of different shades or colours

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. the act of coloring with areas of different shades.

n. A mottled pattern.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Variegation of a surface by irregular spots.

n. plural In entomology, the marks of a mottled surface.

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n. the act of coloring with areas of different shades

Word Usage

"The first hint that fluoride might be an effective bulwark against tooth decay came in the beginning of the twentieth century, when a dentist in Colorado noticed some of his patients had small areas of discoloration on their teeth, a condition known as mottling."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

marking

Verb Stem

mottle

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

bottling throttling

Same Context

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