: any of the small brownish spots in the skin due to augmented melanin production that increase in number and intensity on exposure to sunlight
freckled; freckling
ˈfre-k(ə-)liŋ 
: to sprinkle or mark with freckles or small spots
: to become marked with freckles
Examples of freckle in a Sentence
Noun
a pale, redheaded girl with freckles across her cheeks
Verb
His skin freckles but doesn't tan.
Tiny black spots freckled the walls.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
ParaNorman was the first stop-motion film to use full-color 3D printing for faces, which means every freckle or blush of the cheeks was directly printed on the puppet’s face instead of being hand-painted.
—Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
The ceiling is from a 17th-century Venetian palace, according to the listing, and the terrace can be seen through leaded windows and doors freckled with stained glass, some with medieval-style imagery of masks and angels.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 May 2025
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Noun
These spots are simply pigmentation, similar to freckles or moles on human skin.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
ParaNorman was the first stop-motion film to use full-color 3D printing for faces, which means every freckle or blush of the cheeks was directly printed on the puppet’s face instead of being hand-painted.
—Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Woodward White comes dressed in dollops of rich ricotta freckled with red pepper flakes and lemon zest, while the Bagley Chorizo elevates ranch dressing, a Midwest staple, by infusing it with cilantro.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
The ceiling is from a 17th-century Venetian palace, according to the listing, and the terrace can be seen through leaded windows and doors freckled with stained glass, some with medieval-style imagery of masks and angels.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 May 2025
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“Freckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freckle. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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