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

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

Here, “cowlick” can mean either a bald spot or a tuft of hair sticking straight up, like the one the character Alfalfa sports in The Little Rascals.

From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023

And they zoom in and you see a bald spot at the top of my head.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2022

Ralph sketched a twining line from the bald spot on which they stood down a slope, a gully, through flowers, round and down to the rock where the scar started.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding