fleck
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(verb) make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" |
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Synonyms: blob, blot, spot, stain |
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Related Words: bespatter, bespeckle, change surface, defile, maculate, marble, spatter, speckle, splotch, sully, tarnish, tattoo, vein |
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(noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
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Synonyms: bit, chip, flake, scrap |
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Related Words: flinders, fragment, matchwood, scale, scurf, sliver, splinter |
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(noun) a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "a fleck of red" |
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Synonyms: dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot |
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Related Words: macula, macule, marking, pinpoint, plaque, speck |
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