Definition of Mottle

1. 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"

Generic synonyms: Color, Coloring, Colour, Colouring

2. Verb. Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained.
Exact synonyms: Blotch, Streak
Generic synonyms: Color, Color In, Colorise, Colorize, Colour, Colour In, Colourise, Colourize
Derivative terms: Blotch, Mottling, Streak

3. Verb. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
Exact synonyms: Cloud, Dapple
Generic synonyms: Spot
Specialized synonyms: Harlequin, Speckle, Stipple
Derivative terms: Dapple, Mottling

Definition of Mottle

1. v. t. To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

2. n. A mottled appearance.

Definition of Mottle

1. to mark with spots or streaks of different colors [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]

Medical Definition of Mottle

1. Fine inhomogeneity of an area of generally uniform opacity on a photograph or radiograph; noise. Origin: fr. Motley, fr. M.E. Mot, speck (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mottle

motor vehicle
motor vehicles
motor zone
Motown
Motrin
mots
motser
motsers
Mott
motte
motte
mottes
mottier
mottiest
mottle (current term)
mottle (current term)
mottled
mottled
mottled enamel
mottler
mottlers
mottles
mottles
mottling
mottling
mottlings
motto
mottoed
mottoes
mottos

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