blotch

[ bloch ]

/ blɒtʃ /

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noun

a large, irregular spot or blot.

Plant Pathology.

a diseased, discolored spot or area on a plant.
a disease so characterized, usually accompanied by cankers and lesions.

a skin eruption; blemish.

verb (used with object)

to mark with blotches; blot, spot, or blur: The floor of the forest was blotched with cool, dark moss.

adjective

Textiles. of or relating to blotch printing, or to the colored ground produced by this process.

Origin of blotch

1595–1605; perhaps blend of blot¹ + botch²

SYNONYMS FOR blotch

1 splotch, mark, blemish, stain.

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Words nearby blotch

blossom, blossom-end rot, blossom into, blot, blot analysis, blotch, blotch printing, blotchy, blot out, blotter, blotting paper

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Example sentences from the Web for blotch

Mukoki, doubled over in his harness, was hardly more than a blotch in the early night.
The Wolf Hunters|James Oliver Curwood
He rose up before me, a blotch on his sallow face, his fingers tugging nervously at the tuft of straw-coloured beard.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment|Rafael Sabatini
The latter was scrutinizing through the glass a blotch of smoke on the city-front.
She Buildeth Her House|Will Comfort
He looked out to sea and beheld the blotch that represented the doomed vessel.
Larry Dexter's Great Search|Howard R. Garis

They were not more than twenty feet ahead of her—but the blotch seemed to be a vast distance away.
Kazan|James Oliver Curwood

British Dictionary definitions for blotch

blotch

/ (blɒtʃ) /

noun

an irregular spot or discoloration, esp a dark and relatively large one such as an ink stain

verb

to become or cause to become marked by such discoloration

(intr) (of a pen or ink) to write or flow unevenly in blotches

Word Origin for blotch

C17: probably from botch, influenced by blot 1

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Scientific definitions for blotch

blotch

[ blŏch ]

Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit.

单词	blotch
释义	blotch [ bloch ] / blɒtʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR blotch ON THESAURUS.COM noun a large, irregular spot or blot. Plant Pathology. a diseased, discolored spot or area on a plant. a disease so characterized, usually accompanied by cankers and lesions. a skin eruption; blemish. verb (used with object) to mark with blotches; blot, spot, or blur: The floor of the forest was blotched with cool, dark moss. adjective Textiles. of or relating to blotch printing, or to the colored ground produced by this process. Origin of blotch 1595–1605; perhaps blend of blot¹ + botch² SYNONYMS FOR blotch 1 splotch, mark, blemish, stain. SEE SYNONYMS FOR blotch ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby blotch blossom, blossom-end rot, blossom into, blot, blot analysis, blotch, blotch printing, blotchy, blot out, blotter, blotting paper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blotch Mukoki, doubled over in his harness, was hardly more than a blotch in the early night. The Wolf Hunters\|James Oliver Curwood He rose up before me, a blotch on his sallow face, his fingers tugging nervously at the tuft of straw-coloured beard. The Historical Nights' Entertainment\|Rafael Sabatini The latter was scrutinizing through the glass a blotch of smoke on the city-front. She Buildeth Her House\|Will Comfort He looked out to sea and beheld the blotch that represented the doomed vessel. Larry Dexter's Great Search\|Howard R. Garis They were not more than twenty feet ahead of her—but the blotch seemed to be a vast distance away. Kazan\|James Oliver Curwood British Dictionary definitions for blotch blotch / (blɒtʃ) / noun an irregular spot or discoloration, esp a dark and relatively large one such as an ink stain verb to become or cause to become marked by such discoloration (intr) (of a pen or ink) to write or flow unevenly in blotches Word Origin for blotch C17: probably from botch, influenced by blot 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to blotch blot, blemish, eruption, spot, patch, splash, breakout, stigma, stain, mark, mottling, acne Scientific definitions for blotch blotch [ blŏch ] Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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blotch

noun

verb (used with object)

adjective

Origin of blotch

SYNONYMS FOR blotch

Words nearby blotch

Example sentences from the Web for blotch

British Dictionary definitions for blotch

noun

verb

Word Origin for blotch

Words related to blotch

Scientific definitions for blotch