blotch
a large, irregular spot or blot.
Plant Pathology.
a diseased, discolored spot or area on a plant.
a disease so characterized, usually accompanied by cankers and lesions.
a skin eruption; blemish.
to mark with blotches; blot, spot, or blur: The floor of the forest was blotched with cool, dark moss.
Textiles. of or relating to blotch printing, or to the colored ground produced by this process.
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How to use blotch in a sentence
Observations of distant galaxies showed them flying apart from each other, suggesting the current cosmos to be just the adult phase of a universe born long ago in the burst of a tiny blotch of energy.
A century ago, Alexander Friedmann envisioned the universe’s expansion | Tom Siegfried | May 20, 2022 | Science NewsAn x-ray revealed “blotches” on his lungs, and he was kept at the hospital for 10 hours to increase his oxygen levels, The Times reported.
Gold medalist Tom Daley battled COVID in hospital prior to Tokyo games | Staff reports | October 2, 2021 | Washington BladeMeanwhile, females are much less flashy with a greenish or floury brown hide peppered with deeper blotches.
This rainbow-scaled lizard lived anonymously in the Andes—until now | Grace Wade | September 6, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOne variety for cutting, known as "cinnamon blotch," is a leaf of good body and is considered an excellent tobacco for chewing.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.There was indeed a blotch on one of the negatives, which I was assured was a spirit.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
It came out a scraggy blotch of white paint, with its black eyes glaring like two great glass beads!
Martin Rattler | R.M. BallantyneLooking round he saw the pale blotch of her face down in the darkness under the hanging tree.
Sons and Lovers | David Herbert LawrenceThe furnaces flared in a red blotch over Bulwell; the black clouds were like a low ceiling.
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British Dictionary definitions for blotch
/ (blɒtʃ) /
an irregular spot or discoloration, esp a dark and relatively large one such as an ink stain
to become or cause to become marked by such discoloration
(intr) (of a pen or ink) to write or flow unevenly in blotches
Origin of blotch
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Scientific definitions for blotch
[ blŏch ]
Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit.
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