as in to dot
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
the baker freckled the frosting with flakes of coconut
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Recent Examples of freckle
Will Noble, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
The profiteroles, drizzled with warm, rich, dark chocolate, are like little elegant ice cream sandwiches freckled with powdered sugar.
—Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2025
Built like a two-by-four with acne scars, freckles and a pencil mustache, Marty Mauser is simultaneously blessed and cursed with absurd quantities of unearned self-confidence.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
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Verb
More than 800 Wetherspoon chain pubs freckle the country — from The Muckle Cross in Scotland to The Tremenheere in Cornwall.
—Will Noble, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
The profiteroles, drizzled with warm, rich, dark chocolate, are like little elegant ice cream sandwiches freckled with powdered sugar.
—Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
Noun
Often, Lumbee don’t look uniquely Indian, including some who have freckles and red hair.
—Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2025
Built like a two-by-four with acne scars, freckles and a pencil mustache, Marty Mauser is simultaneously blessed and cursed with absurd quantities of unearned self-confidence.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freckle
Verb
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Despite deep-red voting records and conservative dispositions, many of these counties have few regrets about allowing towering wind turbines and lines of solar panels to dot bits of their countryside.—
Sophie Hartley,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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The shores are white sand dotted with shells, driftwood, and the hooves of wild horses.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Family-friendly attractions abound, from old-school carnival games like ring toss and whack-a-mole to a fun house with mirror mazes and glowing lights.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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Look for the Psycho Monkey with Irish whiskey, Venezuelan rums, banana, mango, and chocolate mole bitters or the Tribal Council made with mezcal, ginger-hibiscus, lemon and dry vermouth ($12).—
Joe Mutascio,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Simply sprinkle coarse salt over the surface of the cutting board and use the lemon half to scrub it in.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
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Groff sprinkles this punchy, athletic syntax over a slew of intricate settings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Emma was adopted from China by a white family and as a child had to undergo several surgeries to remove a potentially dangerous birthmark, leaving her with a significant scar.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
17 Feb. 2026
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Emma, 27, who works in retail and has scars from childhood surgeries that removed a potentially cancerous birthmark, takes some time to open up.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Worshippers arriving for the day's first prayers found the damage and a smoldering fire that spewed black smoke across the entrance of the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in the town of Tell, near Nablus, and stained the ornate doorway.—
AREF TUFAHA,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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Don’t toss that scratched-up, questionably stained, borderline EPA Superfund site, 12-year-old cutting board just yet!—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Its purple black center was surrounded by blotches of varying shades and textures, raised or sunken at places.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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With the proper equipment, the sun spots will appear as a small black blotch close to the center of the solar disk, positioned a little above the sun’s equator.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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These accolades were peppered among other call-outs, including a Venezuelan opposition leader recently freed from prison and reunited live on television with his niece.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Many of the pitchers at the top of this list have two fastballs and pepper the top of the zone with different shapes.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Together, the splotches represent a kind of neural signature for craving.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Deer print nails give classic polka dots a more rustic, fanciful feel as the precise dots are replaced with freehand splotches.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Freckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freckle. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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