blotch

[ bloch ]

/ blɒtʃ /

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noun

a large, irregular spot or blot.

Plant Pathology.

a diseased, discolored spot or area on a plant.
a disease so characterized, usually accompanied by cankers and lesions.

a skin eruption; blemish.

verb (used with object)

to mark with blotches; blot, spot, or blur: The floor of the forest was blotched with cool, dark moss.

adjective

Textiles. of or relating to blotch printing, or to the colored ground produced by this process.

OTHER WORDS FOR blotch

1 splotch, mark, blemish, stain.

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Origin of blotch

1595–1605; perhaps blend of blot¹ + botch²

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How to use blotch in a sentence

It followed a warning about a “red blotch disease” in the grape industry.
Inside the Fall of the CDC|by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|October 15, 2020|ProPublica
Elected last year as a reformer, Lightfoot already has some blotches on her own record.
When Is a Meeting Not a Meeting and a Lawmaker Not a Lawmaker? When It’s Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago.|by Mick Dumke|September 24, 2020|ProPublica
Water and soapsuds blotched the broken floor, amongst which played two little boys, absolutely naked.
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne
The Raven lays five or six eggs of a gray-green ground colour, spotted and blotched with a darker greenish or smoky brown.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting|Richard Kearton

The Rook lays four or five eggs of a pale green colour, spotted and blotched with greenish or smoky brown.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting|Richard Kearton
The eggs number four, of a stone colour or creamy-white, spotted and blotched dark reddish-brown and grey.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting|Richard Kearton
Her eggs number four or five, of a pale yellowish stone-grey, blotched and spotted with ash-grey and purplish-brown.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting|Richard Kearton

British Dictionary definitions for blotch

blotch

/ (blɒtʃ) /

noun

an irregular spot or discoloration, esp a dark and relatively large one such as an ink stain

verb

to become or cause to become marked by such discoloration

(intr) (of a pen or ink) to write or flow unevenly in blotches

Word Origin for blotch

C17: probably from botch, influenced by blot 1

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Scientific definitions for blotch

blotch

[ blŏch ]

Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit.

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