dapple
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈdæpəl/
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moteado
- The treetops create a canopy that filters little dapples of sunlight onto the ground.
- a dapple-gray horse
- dapples of sunlight
- a dapple-gray horse
Examples
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I drove to the dead woman's house through familiar streets lined with plane trees hardly changed since the afternoons I had walked under them to my music teacher's, the same dapple of leaves and sun, the same mottled trunks, the same brick houses behind them.
Fiction book (1999) -
Over her shoulder, the bend in the road beckoned to me, green-shadowed, awash with dapples of sunlight.
Fiction book (1994) -
I watched his face as he walked toward the car, the way the elm-leaf dapple shadowed his eyes and seemed to hood them.
Fiction book (1993) -
She finally sees him standing in the shade of the tree, a dapple of light on his sloping shoulders.
Fiction book (1994) -
Little dapples of light break through the trees, a light breeze swaying the branches.
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I watched his face as he walked toward the car, the way the elm-leaf dapple shadowed his eyes and seemed to hood them.
Synonyms
297
1.0
A small round mark on a surface, for example on a card or dice
153
2.7
A small area that looks different from the area around it, like a spot of color
66
1.3
A very small spot or amount of something
24
4.3
A very small spot that stands out on a surface
7
3.2
A small area of bright color that stands out
3
3.4
A small spot of a different color on a surface
1
9.9
A small spot or stain on a surface
A small spot that looks different from its background
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Etymology
Dapple comes from the same old English root dap meaning 'spot' or 'patch'. A dapple is one of those small spots or patches you see in sunlight or on a horse's coat.