bald spot

American  

[bawld spot] / ˈbɔld ˌspɒt /

Or baldspot

noun

1. an area on the scalp that has little or no hair and where hair no longer grows.

2. a small bare area that lacks the natural growth or covering that adjoining areas have.

   a brown bald spot on a lawn;

   a carpet's bald spots.

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Etymology

Origin of bald spot

First recorded in 1815–20

Example Sentences

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bald spot

Woody is so old, both in the franchise and in reality, that there’s a running gag about his ever-expanding bald spot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Tariq recalls a colleague poking fun at his bald spot during a shopping trip, and describing that as "like an ice pick to my heart".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025

He grew up to see how politics was at once powerful and petty, like when he took a job editing government documentaries of Lyndon Johnson and was ordered to never show the president’s bald spot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

Watching Bernie on stage—his face growing steadily pinker, with sheet-white hair pouring out from the baseball cap protecting his bald spot from the sun—it is impossible not to feel some grief for the man.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2025

That bald spot she had as a baby, it’s coming back.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett