Meaning

7 senses
  1. An uneven patch of color or discoloration.

    1711, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, The Spectator, London: J. & R. Tonson, 12th edition, Volume I, No. 16, p. 68, […] in healing those Blotches and Tumours which break out in the body […]

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  2. An irregularly shaped area.

    an irregularly shaped spot

  3. (figuratively)Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.

  4. Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.

  5. A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.

  6. A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.

  7. (slang)Blotting paper.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The bird was a dark blotch against the sky.

  2. There's a blotch of ink in the table cloth.

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  3. Bright yellow blotches up to one-fourth inch in diameter appear around the punctures produced by the feeding of this insect.

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  4. Blotches of dirt were stuck to Ziri's face.

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
An uneven patch of color or discoloration:

Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of blot + botch.

Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of blot + botch.

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Forms

plural: blotches
Singularblotch
Pluralblotches

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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