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- Dictionaryspeckled/ˈspɛkld/
adjective
- 1. covered or marked with a large number of small spots or patches of colour: "a large speckled brown egg"
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having very small marks of a different color from the surface on which they are found: We saw some speckled goose eggs.
a very small mark of a different colour from the area around it, usually found with a large number of other marks of the same type: A blackbird's egg is blue with brown speckles on it. Synonyms. fleck. patch. spot. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dirt & untidiness. bloodstain. clutter. contaminant. contamination. crud. fleck. grime.
1. : to mark with speckles. 2. : to be distributed in or on like speckles. Synonyms. Noun. blotch. dapple. dot. eyespot. fleck. mottle. patch. pip.
Definition of 'speckled' Word Frequency. speckled. (spekəld ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A speckled surface is covered with small marks, spots, or shapes. ...a large brown speckled egg. The sky was speckled with stars. Synonyms: flecked, spotted, dotted, sprinkled More Synonyms of speckled. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Define speckled. speckled synonyms, speckled pronunciation, speckled translation, English dictionary definition of speckled. adj. Dotted or covered with speckles, especially flecked with small spots of contrasting color.
Something marked with small dots or spots is speckled. During your walk in the woods, you might see a speckled fawn, a little speckled frog, or even a bunch of speckled eggs in a nest. A shirt that's covered in tiny polka dots is speckled, and a street might be speckled with confetti after a parade.
having very small marks of a different color from the surface on which they are found: We saw some speckled goose eggs.
