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Mottled – Marked with spots or smears of colours

PRONUNCIATION

(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.

Not bottled (mottled) correctly: 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.

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