fleck
noun /flek/
/flek/
[usually plural]- fleck (of something) a very small area of a particular colour
- His hair was dark, with flecks of grey.
- The material has a red fleck in it.
Wordfinder- band
- check
- dot
- fleck
- pattern
- speckle
- splash
- spot
- streak
- stripe
- fleck (of something) a very small piece of something
- flecks of dust/foam/dandruff
- Her face was covered with flecks of paint.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): perhaps from Old Norse flekkr (noun), flekka (verb), or from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch vlecke.