mottle in English dictionary

  • mottle

    Meanings and definitions of "mottle"

    • To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
    • a distinguishing blotch of color
    • mottled coloration or pattern
    • noun
      a distinguishing blotch of color
    • noun
      mottled coloration or pattern
    • verb
      To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
    • noun
      an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"
    • verb
      colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
    • verb
      mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

    Synonyms of "mottle" in English dictionary

    colorise, colouring, colourise are the top synonyms of "mottle" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of mottle

    • mottle ( third-person singular simple present mottles, present participle mottling, simple past and past participle mottled)
    • mottle ( plural  mottles)
    • mottle (third-person singular simple present mottles, present participle mottling, simple past and past participle mottled)

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