what does speckle mean?
SPECKLE as NOUN
- Meaning
- a small contrasting part of something
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Usage Example(s)
- a bald spot
- a leopard’’s spots
- a patch of clouds
- patches of thin ice
- a fleck of red
Hypernyms(s) speckle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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SPECKLE as VERB
- Meaning
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Usage Example(s)
- speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots
Hypernyms(s) speckle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- The sunlight stippled the trees
Hypernyms(s) speckle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
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