bloodstain

[ bluhd-steyn ]

/ ˈblʌdˌsteɪn /

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noun

a spot or stain made by blood.

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Origin of bloodstain

First recorded in 1810–20; back formation from bloodstained

Words nearby bloodstain

blood sausage, blood serum, bloodshed, bloodshot, blood sport, bloodstain, bloodstained, bloodstock, bloodstock industry, bloodstone, bloodstream

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How to use bloodstain in a sentence

They function sort of like a combination of Guy Pearce’s tattoos in “Memento” and the bloodstains in “Demon’s Souls,” delivering information that is sometimes useful and sometimes not.
Don’t read this ‘Deathloop’ preview|Mike Hume|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
There was, it seems, no sign of the creature, and no bloodstain which would show that my bullet had found him as he passed.
The Last Galley|Arthur Conan Doyle
I was made to think of this by the great bloodstain on the deck close against the cabin-door.
My Danish Sweetheart, Volume 3 of 3|William Clark Russell
But there was a large bloodstain, black and circular, on the floor of the calculator's room.
Salvage in Space|John Stewart Williamson

Anyway, with a soft laugh, the bloodstain has been washed from the Gray Phantoms name.
The Gray Phantom's Return|Herman Landon
She took her hand from her lips, but a geranium petal was left clinging there, like a bloodstain.
Saint's Progress|John Galsworthy

British Dictionary definitions for bloodstain

bloodstain

/ (ˈblʌdˌsteɪn) /

noun

a dark discoloration caused by blood, esp dried blood

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