speckled
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2.8
- adjective
- /ˈspɛkəld/
- The dog had a speckled coat that made it stand out in the crowd.
- speckled trout
- speckled hen
- speckled bird
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Watch on YouTubeHanaba is at the sunlit stove tending the speckled enamel pot.
- Hanaba is at the sunlit stove tending the speckled enamel pot.
- I'm just going to go like straight in autumn I bought a gold speckled pumpkin.
- There's albino and then there's hooded and there's speckled and then come here.
Examples
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The artist used a speckled canvas to create an interesting texture in her painting.
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I'm just going to go like straight in autumn I bought a gold speckled pumpkin.
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I love the packaging, like the speckled kind of red metallic thing.
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But there are strappy leaves, red with speckled with pink and white.
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So this is just one of the masks that I've made so far, this really cute speckled pattern.
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You got what appears to be a normal Oreo cookie, but it's speckled orangish brown.
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Autumn Crown, a speckled Hound, has a really beautiful like kind of corally pink and sage green color palette.
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Hanaba is at the sunlit stove tending the speckled enamel pot.
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I found a beautiful speckled egg hidden among the grass.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having spots or patches of a different color
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2.4
Having small dots on it
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6.3
Covered with spots or patches of different colors
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5.5
Having light and dark spots in an uneven pattern
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4.5
Marked with small drops of liquid like paint or mud
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5.0
Having irregular patches of colour on the skin or other surfaces
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7.2
Having patches or streaks of different colors
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4.4
With small spots of a different color
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1.4
Marked with small spots or patches of a different color
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5.6
A surface with uneven patches or spots
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6.7
Marked with irregular spots of a different color
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6.1
Something that has uneven spots like stains
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7.2
A surface covered with many small dots, often made by paint or ink
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3.2
Covered with many small spots like drops of paint
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7.1
Having small spots on the surface
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9.9
Marked with spots or stains, for example on cloth
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7.2
Marked by many small dark spots left by flies
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3.5
A surface with many small spots like dots on an egg or cloth
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.2
A freshwater fish with dark spots that lives in North American rivers and lakes
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8.5
A dangerous snake with a rattle and speckled skin that hides on desert rocks
How Spotted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Speckled comes from the simple word speck, which means 'small spot' or 'tiny piece'. So, speckled describes something covered with many little spots, like pepper on an egg, and that image helps you remember its meaning.