speck
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1.3
- noun
- /spɛk/
:
mota
- She noticed a tiny speck of dust on the table.
- a speck of dust
- a speck of dirt
- a speck of light
Oh my goodness this has tiny specks of gold like suspended in it.
- Oh my goodness this has tiny specks of gold like suspended in it.
- Now she's adding more little specks of blood and drips.
- We are specks, you know, little specks.
- There's a bit of paint there, a teeny tiny speck of white paint.
- Like it is very illuminating, but there's tiny, tiny little specks of glitter in this.
- I'm just this, yeah, I'm a little speck of dust, you know?
- Planet Earth, which you'll soon see, is just a mere speck of dust in the cosmos that exists.
- It's a reminder that like I'm but a tiny speck in this like hurling rock through space.
- But in the context of the universe, we are just the specks of dust.
Examples
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There's not a speck of trash around the house.
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But how would she find this tiny speck of an island in a vast ocean?
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And right at the end, it's a little speck of light.
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You see that every little speck is moving.
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I'm just this, yeah, I'm a little speck of dust, you know?
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In seconds, the giant bird had become nothing more than a speck in the fading light.
Fiction book (1992) -
But this is just one minuscule speck in a vast, vast ocean.
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But in the context of the universe, we are just the specks of dust.
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Bill is very proud of his Ford with 137,000 miles and not a speck of rust.
Academic text (2011) -
Planet Earth, which you'll soon see, is just a mere speck of dust in the cosmos that exists.
Synonyms
447
4.2
A very small piece or amount of something
297
1.0
A small round mark on a surface, for example on a card or dice
228
1.0
A very small round mark on a surface, like a speck of paint
153
1.5
A very small amount of something you can taste, see, or feel
130
1.8
A small amount of something that you can notice
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4.3
A very small spot that stands out on a surface
15
4.4
A small amount of color or feeling in something
14
2.8
A very small amount of something, almost none
14
7.9
A very small amount of something
11
3.1
A very small amount of something that shows there is almost none
11
5.1
A very small amount
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7.3
A very small amount, like a tiny bit of salt
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9.9
A very small amount of something that is hard to notice
4
8.2
A very small speck of dust or dirt
3
5.3
A very small amount of something
3
5.3
A very small amount or distance
3
3.4
A small spot of a different color on a surface
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9.9
A very small amount of something, like a tiny taste or hint
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9.4
A very small piece of a substance like a speck of dust
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9.9
A small spot or stain on a surface
A tiny speck of dust or dirt
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Speck comes from an old word meaning 'very small spot' and is the same root as the common word speckle. So a speck is a tiny dot or a very small bit of something.