Definition of speckle
: a little speck (as of color)
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Examples of speckle in a Sentence
a ripe banana with lots of brown speckles
the cat has a speckle of orange right at her whiskers
Recent Examples of speckle from the Web
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The others came out mostly white with a smattering of pale speckles.
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This recipe calls for white chia seeds, which is really so the pudding looks uniform without any big black speckles.
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Her floor is white linoleum with black and dark blue speckles, over which she's laid a dark blue area rug.
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This 24-karat yellow gold highlighter's cream-to-powder formula is incredibly pigmented and features tiny speckles of glitter that look like little bursts of sunshine on your skin.
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Kids at school made comments as more and more white speckles appeared on his skin.
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Bake 5 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350° and continue to bake until pão are very light brown, with some darker brown speckles all over (that’s the cheese), and sound hollow when tapped on the bottom, 20−25 minutes.
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Bake 5 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350° and continue to bake until pão are very light brown, with some darker brown speckles all over (that’s the cheese), and sound hollow when tapped on the bottom, 20−25 minutes.
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Flashy Butter Oak is dazzling — its large, tender green leaves sport artful speckles of red.
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Origin and Etymology of speckle
Middle English; akin to Old English specca
Examples of speckle in a Sentence
speckled the cookies with colored sugar
Recent Examples of speckle from the Web
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In the 3,700 mile-long East African Rift, there are two smaller systems called the Gregory Rift and the Western Rift, and each is speckled with volcanoes.
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Its enthusiasts claim that the fishing in and around Plaquemines is the best anywhere — tuna, dolphin, wahoo, whale shark and marlin in the deep blue seas; redfish, flounder and speckled trout closer in.
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Criterion development Several smaller business, including studios, a dog grooming place, a doughnut shop and barber shop, also speckle the area.
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The same pencil was also used to speckle her face with faux freckles.
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Slowly, the ladybugs speckled my arms and legs with a Lily Pulitzer-like pattern.
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Start with snacks: creamy deviled eggs speckled with paprika, airy hushpuppies and spiced honey, popovers on a peppery little pillow of pimento cheese.
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Symptoms include spotted or speckled leaves that may turn bronze or lose color altogether.
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The birds are finding just that in the hundreds of thousands of stock tanks, farm ponds and other man-made and some natural wetlands speckling the Rolling Plains, Oak Prairies and South Texas.
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First Known Use of speckle
15th century
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Definition of speckle for Students
: a small mark (as of color)
Definition of speckle for Students
speckled;
speckling
: to mark or be marked with small spots
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