fleck

Noun

• a small contrasting part of something
  • a bald spot
    
  • a leopard's spots
    
  • a patch of clouds
    
  • patches of thin ice
    
  • a fleck of red
    

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
  • a bit of rock caught him in the eye
    

Verb

• make a spot or mark onto
  • The wine spotted the tablecloth
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  spot , speckle , dapple , patch , maculation , bit , chip , flake , scrap , blob , blot