fleck

Noun
  1. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole (synset 109244958)
    "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
    is a type of: fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else
    subtypes:
    • matchwood - fragments of wood
    • exfoliation, scale, scurf - a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
    • scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
    • sliver, splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
    same as: bit, chip, flake, scrap
  2. A small contrasting part of something (synset 104689819)
    "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
    is a type of: marking - a pattern of marks
    subtypes:
    • pinpoint, speck - a very small spot
    • nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea
    • splash - a patch of bright color
    • fret, worn spot - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
    • plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
    • macula, macule - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
    • mock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
    • macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
    • facula, solar facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
    • facula - a bright spot on a planet
    same as: dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot
Verb
  1. Make a spot or mark onto (synset 201534786)
    "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
    is a type of: change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
    subtypes:
    same as: blob, blot, spot
    verb group: stain - produce or leave stains

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