| NOUN | object | fleck, bit, chip, flake, scrap | a small fragment of something broken ... / broken off from the whole |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | fleck, spot, speckle, dapple, patch, maculation | a small contrasting part of something | |
| VERB | contact | fleck, spot, blob, blot | make a spot or mark onto |
| Sounds | fleh'k | |
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| Rhymes | Aztec ... wreck: 41 rhymes with ehk... | |
| Meaning | A small fragment of something broken ... / broken off from the whole. | |
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| Synonyms | bit, chip, flake, scrap | |
| Narrower | matchwood | fragments of wood |
| scale, scurf, exfoliation | A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | |
| scurf | (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts | |
| splinter, sliver | A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal | |
| Broader | fragment | A piece broken ... / broken off or cut ... / cut off of something else |
| Spanish | átomo, brizna, copo, fragmento, jirón, miaja, migaja, parte, pedazo, pizca, retazo, triza, trocito | |
| Catalan | àtom, bocí, gota, mica, miqueta, tros, trosset | |
| Meaning | A small contrasting part of something. | |
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| Example | "a fleck of red" | |
| Synonyms | spot, speckle, dapple, patch, maculation | |
| Narrower | facula, solar facula | A large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots |
| facula | A bright spot on a planet | |
| macule, macula | A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated | |
| nebula | (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea | |
| parhelion, mock sun, sundog | A bright spot on the parhelic circle | |
| plaque | (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body | |
| speck, pinpoint | A very small spot | |
| splash | A patch of bright color | |
| sunspot, macula | A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere | |
| worn spot, fret | A spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion | |
| Broader | marking | A pattern of marks |
| Spanish | mancha, mota | |
| Catalan | clapa, mota, placa, taca | |
| Verbs | fleck | make a spot or mark onto |
| Meaning | make a spot or mark onto. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | spot, blob, blot | |
| Narrower | spatter, bespatter | Spot, splash, or soil |
| speckle, bespeckle | mark with small spots | |
| splotch | blotch or spot | |
| tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile | make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air | |
| Broader | change surface | Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface |
| Similar to | stain | produce or leave stains |
| Spanish | manchar | |
| Catalan | tacar, tintar | |
| Nouns | fleck | a small contrasting part of something |
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