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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"
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
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
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)
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