Definition of Mottle

1. 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

2. 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

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

2. Noun. a distinguishing blotch of color ¹

3. Noun. mottled coloration or pattern ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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

motory
motour
motrix
mots
motser
motsers
motte
motte and bailey
motted
mottes
motti
mottier
mottiest
mottis
mottle (current term)
mottled
mottled duck
mottled ducks
mottled enamel
mottled mallard
mottled mallards
mottler
mottlers
mottles
mottling
mottlings
motto
mottoed
mottoes

Literary usage of Mottle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Soaps: A Complete Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap, with Special by Henry Gathmann (1893)
"A smaller mottle results if the soap is somewhat sharper and contains somewhat more water, provided again that sufficient- foreign salts are also present. ..."

2. The Soap Maker's Handbook of Materials, Processes and Receipts for Every by Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, F. Wiltner (1912)
"etc., contained in the soap passing into the mottle. Such soap when cut shows a more or less mottled appearance. To make the mottle more pronounced, ..."

3. The American Stud Book by Sanders Dewees Bruce (1889)
"mottle, bm—Continued. Produce—1888, ch. f. by Joe Daniele. 1888, — by imported Sir Modred. Jas. ... mottle ..."

4. Successful Farming; a Ready Reference on All Phases of Agriculture for by Frank Duane Gardner (1916)
"Mosaic, Calico or mottle Top.—The cause of this disease is still somewhat uncertain. The leaves of the diseased plants show dark and light areas and ..."

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