Overview of noun mottle

The noun mottle has 1 sense

• mottle -- (an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green")

Overview of verb mottle

The verb mottle has 2 senses

• mottle, streak, blotch -- (mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained)


• mottle, dapple, cloud -- (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)