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splotch
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun splotch has 1 sense
- splotch(n = noun.attribute) blotch, splodge - an irregularly shaped spot; Array is a kind of blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot
Derived form verb splotch1
Verb splotch has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
splotch, n. & v.tr. = SPLODGE.
Derivative
splotchy adj.
Etymology
perh. f. SPOT + obs. plotch BLOTCH
THESAURUS
splotch
band, bar, bedabble, bespangle, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, birthmark, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, caste mark, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, checker, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, cut, dab, dabble, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, dash, daub, define, delimit, demarcate, discolor, discoloration, dot, dottedness, earmark, engrave, engraving, eyesore, flake, fleck, flick, flyspeck, freckle, freckliness, gash, graving, hack, harlequin, hatch, impress, imprint, iris, jot, lentigo, line, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, mole, motley, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, notch, patch, pencil, pepper, point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow, riddle, scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, smear, smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, spangle, spatter, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma, stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stud, taint, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, tessellate, tick, tick off, tittle, trace, underline, underscore, variegate, vein, watermark
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