stippling
stippling noun: a stippled pattern. Also the present participle and gerund of stipple.
Noun
stippling (plural stipplings)
- A stippled pattern.
- There is a rich celebration of city-tough plants deliberately carried over from the days when the abandoned High Line bloomed untended with wild stipplings of red sumac, smoke bush, milkweed, echinacea and other self-seeding invaders.2009 August 17, Francis X. Clines, “What’s That Weird Purple Thing?”, in New York Times
Also used as
stippling is also the present participle and gerund of stipple.
Forms of stippling
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Questions about stippling
- What does stippling mean?
- Stippling means a stippled pattern.
- What part of speech is stippling?
- Stippling is a noun.
- What is the plural of stippling?
- The plural of stippling is stipplings.
Words near stippling in the dictionary
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