Speckle

//ˈspɛkəl//

Synonyms for "speckle" (172 found)

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Closest matches (35)

variegate band bar bespangle birthmark blaze blemish bloodstain blot blotch blur brand chalk chalk up check checker cicatrix crumb cut dab

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dash daub define

Noun(10 words)

ace atom aught bissel bit crumb dab damn dapple dash

Verb(2 words)

Strong matches (51)

delimit demarcate discolor discoloration dot dredge dust earmark engrave engraving eyesore flake flick flour flyspeck freckle gash hack hatch impress

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imprint iris jot line marble marbleize mark mark off marking mole motley mottle nevus nick

Noun(17 words)

diddly dot drop fleck flip flyspeck halfpennyworth hint iota jot lick maculation mite modicum molecule morsel mustard seed

Related words (86)

notch pencil pepper pimple point polka dot powder prick print punch punctuate puncture riddle scar scarify score scotch scratch seal seam

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Noun(31 words)

ooch particle patch pennyworth pinch relish scantling scintilla scooch scrap scruple shred skerrick skoosh skosh sliver smidgen soupçon spark speck

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splicing speckle spot sprinkling tad toddick touch trace trifle tuppence worth whit white chip

Verb(1 words)

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

blob blot cloud dapple fleck marking mottle spot

Synonyms

2 entries

derived

4 entries

speckle imaging speckle-fronted weaver speckled speckly

has context

3 entries

cytology physics scotland

manner of

1 entries

related to

15 entries

distribution foliage granule interchromatin kind light nucleus plumage random rough scattered skin sort speck spot

Translations

16 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries

луничка noun (small spot)
петънце noun (small spot)
разсеяна светлина noun (physics: random distribution of scattered light)

Finnish

3 entries

epäkoherentti sironta noun (physics: random distribution of scattered light)
pilkku noun (small spot)
täplittää verb (to mark with speckles)

German

2 entries

Fleck noun (small spot)
Sprenkel noun (small spot)

Greek

2 entries

κηλίδα noun (small spot)
στίγμα noun (small spot)

Māori

1 entries

pure verb (to mark with speckles)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

بكك noun (small spot)

Russian

3 entries

крапинка noun (small spot)
пятнышко noun (small spot)
крапить verb (to mark with speckles)

Turkish

1 entries

benek noun (small spot)

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