| English noun: maculation | |||
| 1. | maculation (attribute) a small contrasting part of something | ||
| Samples | A bald spot. A leopard's spots. A patch of clouds. Patches of thin ice. A fleck of red. | ||
| Synonyms | dapple, fleck, patch, speckle, spot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | marking | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | facula, facula, fret, macula, macula, macule, mock sun, nebula, parhelion, pinpoint, plaque, speck, splash, sundog, sunspot, worn spot | ||
| 2. | maculation (act) the act of spotting or staining something | ||
| Synonyms | spotting, staining | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dirtying, soiling, soilure | ||