speckled meaning and examples

Meaning

Speckled means covered with small spots or marks of a different color. It describes something that has a dotted or spotted appearance.

Example: “a speckled egg” means an egg that has many small spots on its shell.

Grammar and Usage

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Usage pattern:

  • speckled + noun → “a speckled bird,” “a speckled stone”

  • Often used with “with” to specify what the spots are made of:

    • “The walls were speckled with paint.”

Common Phrases

• speckled egg – an egg with small spots, common in bird descriptions.
• speckled hen – a chicken with feathers of different colors.
• speckled trout – a type of fish with a dotted pattern.

Collocations

• be speckled with → “The glass was speckled with rain.”
• small / brown / white speckled → “a small brown-speckled bird”
• speckled pattern / appearance → “The fabric has a speckled pattern.”

Examples

1. The bird’s wings were speckled with white and gray.
2. She wore a speckled dress that shimmered in the sunlight.
3. The tablecloth was speckled with coffee stains.
4. A speckled egg lay hidden in the grass.
5. The cow’s coat was black and speckled with brown patches.
6. His arms were speckled with freckles after a day in the sun.
7. The stones on the beach were beautifully speckled with minerals.
8. Snowflakes speckled the dark jacket he wore.

Synonyms or Related

• spotted
• dotted
• flecked
• mottled
• freckled

Antonym

• plain
• unspotted
• uniform
• solid-colored