Mottle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmɒtəl|  American pronunciation of the word mottle
Brit.  |ˈmɒt(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word mottle

noun

- an irregular arrangement of patches of color
it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green

verb

- mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained (syn: blotch, streak)
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades (syn: cloud, dapple)

Extra examples

...canvases covered with streaks and mottles...

...old papers that were mottled by mold...

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