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

“All those hair-plug companies do that, where they have the photo of the bald spot, then six days later—”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

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

Luwin was hopelessly untidy, but his clutter of books and scrolls and bottles was as familiar and comforting to Bran as his bald spot and the flapping sleeves of his loose grey robes.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin