mottled
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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 |
| [C17: back formation from | |
| mottled (ˈmɒtəld) | |
| —adj | |
| coloured with streaks or blotches of different shades | |
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Example sentences
The chicks are pretty little balls of mottled brown and yellow down.
The walls and mottled marble floor are the colour of claret.
Fallen leaves and whatnot seem to fit in better on the mottled surface.
Though it's not apparent from the photo above, there is a region of mottled light and dark areas near the center.
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