fleck
a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
a spot or small patch of color, light, etc.: the dapple mare with flecks of gray.
a spot or mark on the skin, as a freckle.
to mark with a fleck or flecks; spot; dapple.
Origin of fleck
1Other words for fleck
Other words from fleck
- fleckless, adjective
- fleck·less·ly, adverb
- flecky, adjective
- un·flecked, adjective
Words that may be confused with fleck
- flecks , flex
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How to use fleck in a sentence
Previous groups had studied how blocks of salty Martian ice might melt, Bishop says, but this experiment was the first to show that dry volcanic soil with tiny flecks of ice would also get a little slushy despite the bitter climate.
Mars’s mascara-like streaks may be caused by slush and landslides | Charlie Wood | February 3, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOn the inside is the usual mix of off-white, flecked linoleum tiles and segmented ceiling panels, dull and dimly lit.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own | Robert Silverman | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBelow lies the turquoise waters of the caldera, flecked with the white triangles of sailing boats.
It is not a prop, or a trope, or a tool to be used either on the world stage or in spittle-flecked op-eds.
The Anti-Hagel Campaign Was Never About Israel | Emily L. Hauser | January 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHere we see the well-known face, a bearded mask housing a pair of glowing, owlish eyes, the hair and forehead flecked with blood.
The Shroud of Turin and Thomas de Wesselow’s ‘The Sign.’ | Thomas de Wesselow | April 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Most are in their teens or 20s, and all have the restless eyes and scar-flecked visages of consummate brawlers.
He had nearly bitten his swollen tongue in two falling over an unseen peat-cutting, and blood-flecked foam gathered on his lips.
Uncanny Tales | VariousThe river, perfectly clear of rocks, was a sheet of liquid porphyry, an arrow of dark-red water slightly flecked with foam.
Overland | John William De ForestThe youthful pair start beneath the smile of a blue sky, flecked with milk-while clouds merely to heighten the effect.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacAt first the forest silence seemed cheerful there in the flecked sunlight.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. ChambersThe horse was foam-flecked, and it was plain he had been driven to the limit of his endurance.
Frank Merriwell's Bravery | Burt L. Standish
British Dictionary definitions for fleck
/ (flɛk) /
a small marking or streak; speckle
a small particle; speck: a fleck of dust
Also: flecker (tr) to mark or cover with flecks; speckle
Origin of fleck
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