Definition of mottles Mottles
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What does mottles mean?
Part of speech
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NounPlural: mottles |
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| mottle - 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" | ||
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| mottle - colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | ||
| dapple, cloud | ||
| spot mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify" | ||
| harlequin variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches" | ||
| speckle, stipple mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" | ||
| mottle - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | ||
| streak, blotch | ||
| color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, color, colour add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- mottle (v. t.)
To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate. - mottle (n.)
A mottled appearance.
