Mottle Definition & Meaning
mottle
- noun
- an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"
- verb
- mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
"Mottle" in song lyrics
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"Darker and you will mottle"
Lateef the Truth Speaker — The Wreckoning (full version)
Words that rhyme with mottle
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- What does mottle mean?
- an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green" mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- What part of speech is mottle?
- Mottle is a noun and a verb.
- How many definitions does mottle have?
- Mottle has 3 definitions across 2 parts of speech (noun, verb).