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speckle
noun
verb
A small contrasting part of something
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ˈspɛkəl
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noun
A small contrasting part of something
“A bald spot”
verb
Mark with small spots
“Speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots”
verb
Produce a mottled effect
“The sunlight stippled the trees”
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A bald spot
A leopard's spots
A patch of clouds
Patches of thin ice
A fleck of red
Speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots
The sunlight stippled the trees
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