Mottled – Marked with spots or smears of colours
(Pronounced mott-uld)
To remember the definition of the word mottled, use the following mnemonic:
Not bottled correctly (mottled): When it's not bottled correctly the fluid can explode and put smears and spots everywhere.
Examples of mottled in a sentence
Dustin's face was a mottled mess of emotions.
The wild stock is of an olive-green, mottled with dark brown above, and greenish-yellow beneath.
A mixed forest of deciduous and conifer trees formed a dense covering of mottled greens.