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splotch

[sploch] / splɒtʃ /
NOUN
smudge
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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A lone splotch of orange poppies was also visible.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024

Doc pulled a pen from his shirt pocket and outlined the outer edge of a fuzzy, misshapen splotch about the size of my thumb.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024

About the size of my thumbprint, gray with white and black bands and a distinctive orange splotch on its wing, I almost missed it.

From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023

He held it defiantly, waiting for the camera to zoom in on his folded brown splotch.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2023

In the lowering dusk Taran could barely distinguish the man from the tree; and could have walked within a pace of him before realizing he was any more than a splotch of shadow.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander




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