fleck - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

A fleck is a small patch that is different from it rest, standing out from the background, like flecks of green in your blue eyes or flecks of light shining on the ground under a tree.

The noun fleck can describe a color or a spot of light that stands out, like a fleck of orange in a brown and white plaid, or the little bits of light reflected off a sequined top. It can also describe a particle, such as a fleck of dirt you track into your house on your shoe. Fleck can also be a verb that means dotting or marking something with little spots, like when you fleck paint on the wall to produce a random dotted effect.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fleck

1	n v	a small contrasting part of something make a spot or mark onto
2	n	a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fleck

1

n a small contrasting part of something

“a fleck of red”

Synonyms:: dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot

Types:: show 16 types...; hide 16 types...; 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
a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots; facula
a bright spot on a planet; amyloid plaque, amyloid protein plaque
a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease); arterial plaque
a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosis; bacterial plaque, dental plaque
a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries; freckle, lentigo
a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin; liver spot
a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin; plague spot
a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague

Type of:: marking
a pattern of marks

v make a spot or mark onto

Synonyms:: blob, blot, spot

: stain
produce or leave stains

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; splotch
blotch or spot; defile, maculate, stain, sully, tarnish
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; bespeckle, speckle
mark with small spots; bespatter, spatter
spot, splash, or soil; darken
tarnish or stain

Type of:: change surface
undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface

2

n a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

Synonyms:: bit, chip, flake, scrap

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; 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; dander
small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people; dandruff
loose scales shed from the scalp

Type of:: fragment
a piece broken off or cut off of something else