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Noun speck has 3 senses
- speck, pinpoint - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
--1 is a kind of spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
- atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
--2 is a kind of material, stuff
--2 has particulars: grain; chylomicron; flyspeck
- touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon - a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
--3 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
--3 has particulars: snuff
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