frecklenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfrek.əl/us/ˈfrek.əl/a small, pale brown spot on the skin, usually on the face, especially of a person with pale skin:
He has red hair and freckles.
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The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- drain
- epidermis
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- wan
- waxen
- wrinkled
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freckled
adjective uk/ˈfrek.əld/us/ˈfrek.əld/also freckly, uk/-əl.i/us
a freckly complexion