Speckle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A speck or small spot, as a natural dot of color on skin, plumage, or foliage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
  • n. The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
  • v. To mark with speckles.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.
  • v. To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A little speck or spot; a speckled marking; the state of being speckled: as, yellow with patches of speckle.
  • n. Color; hence, kind; sort.
  • To mark with specks or spots; fleck; speck; spot.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. mark with small spots
  • v. produce a mottled effect
  • n. a small contrasting part of something
  • Verb Form
    speckled    speckles    speckless    speckling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blob    blot    fleck    spot    dapple    mottle    cloud   
    Form
    speckled    speckling    speckly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spot    dot   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dekle    freckle    heckle    seckel    shekel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    greenish    striped    glossy    freckled    dappled    grey    veined    shaggy    snow-white    opaque