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freckles

freckles is the plural of freckle.

Meaning of freckle

Noun

freckle (plural freckles)

  1. A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
    • Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.
    Synonyms:
    dirt, ephelis, freck, lentigo
  2. Any small spot which has a different colour from its background.
  3. (Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
  4. (Australia, slang) The anus.

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Phrases with freckles

Questions about freckles

What is freckles the plural of?
Freckles is the plural of freckle.

Words near freckles in the dictionary

  1. freckled up
  2. freckledness
  3. freckleface
  4. frecklefaces
  5. freckleless
  6. freckles
  7. freckles up
  8. frecklesome
  9. Freckleton
  10. Freckletons
  11. frecklier

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