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Meaning of 'fleck' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fleck [ n.]
- A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.
- A spot; a streak; a speckle.
- To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.

Meaning of 'fleck' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fleck [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a small contrasting part of something
Example in sentence:
  • a bald spot;
  • a fleck of red;
  • a leopard's spots;
  • a patch of clouds;
  • patches of thin ice
Meaning (2):
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Example in sentence:
  • a bit of rock caught him in the eye
3 . fleck [ v]
Meaning (3):
- make a spot or mark onto
Example in sentence:
  • The wine spotted the tablecloth

Nearby Words:

flea flea-beetle flea-bite flea-bitten flea-louse fleabane fleagh fleak fleaking fleam

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