mottle
Use Mottle in a sentence
l verb (used with object)
1.
to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade.
Related forms
mot·tle·ment, noun
mot·tler, noun
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to colour with streaks or blotches of different shades |
| —n | |
| 2. | a mottled appearance, as of the surface of marble |
| 3. | one streak or blotch of colour in a mottled surface |
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