Noun
a ripe banana with lots of brown speckles
the cat has a speckle of orange right at her whiskers Verbspeckled the cookies with colored sugar
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Noun
Others were orange with speckles of white and brown.—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024 The malachite features striking veins in green and black, the lapis sees deep blue contrasted by white speckles, and the onyx is a pure expression of pitch black.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
Verb
The fleet of helicopters began to arrive at the Swiss resort around noon on June 15, shuttling world leaders toward the top of a mountain range speckled with grazing cows and wildflowers.—Simon Shuster/bürgenstock, TIME, 25 June 2024 Today, New York City’s streetscape is speckled with unlicensed smoke shops selling cannabis in open disregard for the state’s licensing rules.—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for speckle
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