specknoun [ C ]
uk/spek/us/spek/a very small mark, piece, or amount:
He'd been painting the door and there were specks of paint all over the floor.
There's not a speck of (= not any) dust/dirt in their house.
We could see a speck (= a small amount) of light at the end of the tunnel.
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Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- filthiness
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- muck
- pollutant
- slob
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speckle
- stain
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