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Speck

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Noun

1. pinpoint, speck

a very small spot

Example Sentences:
'the plane was just a speck in the sky'

2. atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

3. hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch

a slight but appreciable amount

Example Sentences:
'this dish could use a touch of garlic'

Verb

4. speck

produce specks in or on

Example Sentences:
'speck the cloth'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Speck

see synonyms of speck
noun
1. 
a very small mark or spot
2. 
a small or tiny piece of something
verb
3. (transitive)
to mark with specks or spots
noun
a type of smoked cured ham produced in Italy

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Speck

see synonyms of speck
noun
1. 
a small spot, mark, or stain
2. 
a very small bit; particle
verb transitive
3. 
to mark with specks

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Speck

see synonyms of speck
n.
1. A small spot, mark, or discoloration.
2. A tiny amount; a bit: not a speck of truth in her story.
tr.v. specked, speck·ing, specks
To mark with specks.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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