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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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