SPECK
\spˈɛk], \spˈɛk], \s_p_ˈɛ_k]\
Definitions of SPECK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
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a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
By Princeton University
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a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
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a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.
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A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.
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A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.
By Oddity Software
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A spot; flaw; blemish; spot of decay, as in fruit; a very small thing; particle.
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To spot, or stain with small spots; speckle.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A spot; a stain; a blomish; a very small thing.
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Blubber, as of whales.
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To spot; to stain in spots or drops.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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