maculation
1. a small contrasting part of something
- a bald spot
- a leopard's spots
- a patch of clouds
- patches of thin ice
- a fleck of red
• Syn:
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck
• Derivationally related forms:
fleck (for: fleck), patchy (for: patch), patch (for: patch), dapple (for: dapple), speckle (for: speckle), spot (for: spot)
• Hypernyms:
marking
• Hyponyms:
speck, pinpoint, nebula, splash, worn spot,
fret, plaque, macule, macula, parhelion, mock sun,
sundog, sunspot, facula
2. the act of spotting or staining something
• Syn:
staining, spotting
• Derivationally related forms:
maculate, spot (for: spotting)
• Hypernyms:
soiling, soilure, dirtying
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