speck
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1.3
- noun
- /spɛk/
- She noticed a tiny speck of dust on the table.
- a speck of dust
- a speck of dirt
- a speck of light
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Watch on YouTubeOh 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
359
4.2
A very small piece or amount of something
310
1.0
A very small round mark on a surface, like a speck of paint
212
1.0
A small round mark on a surface, for example on a card or dice
138
1.8
A small amount of something that you can notice
111
1.5
A very small amount of something you can taste, see, or feel
36
2.8
A very small amount of something, almost none
18
4.3
A very small spot that stands out on a surface
15
4.4
A small amount of color or feeling in something
13
7.9
A very small amount of something
9
7.3
A very small amount, like a tiny bit of salt
6
9.9
A very small amount of something that is hard to notice
6
8.2
A very small speck of dust or dirt
5
5.3
A very small amount of something
3
3.4
A small spot of a different color on a surface
2
5.3
A very small amount or distance
2
5.1
A very small amount
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3.1
A very small amount of something that shows there is almost none
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9.4
A very small piece of a substance like a speck of dust
1
9.9
A small spot or stain on a surface
A tiny speck of dust or dirt
A very small amount of something, like a tiny taste or hint
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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.