Library / English Dictionary

MOTTLING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of coloring with areas of different shades

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mottling" is a kind of...):

marking (the act of making a visible mark on a surface)

Derivation:

mottle (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)

mottle (mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb mottle

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