spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
(noun) 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”
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
(noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; “a bit of rock caught him in the eye”
spot, fleck, blob, blot
(verb) make a spot or mark onto; “The wine spotted the tablecloth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fleck (plural flecks)
A flake
A lock, as of wool.
A small spot or streak; a speckle.
fleck (third-person singular simple present flecks, present participle flecking, simple past and past participle flecked)
(transitive) To mark with small spots
Fleck
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Fleck, n.
Definition: A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] J. Martin.
Fleck, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.]
Definition: A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow. Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson.
Fleck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flecking.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fläcka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See Fleck, n.]
Definition: To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple. Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. Dryden. A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. Trench.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
