Discoloration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discoloration \Dis*col`or*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. decoloration.]
     1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored;
        alteration of hue or appearance. --Darwin.
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     2. A discolored spot; a stain. --Arbuthnot.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  discoloration
       n 1: a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark
            stain" [syn: {stain}, {discolouration}]
       2: the act of changing the natural color of something by making
          it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded [syn: {discolouration}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "discoloration":
     achromatization, birthmark, blanching, blaze, bleach, bleaching,
     blemish, blotch, brand, bruise, caste mark, check, checkmark,
     cicatrix, cut, dapple, decoloration, decolorization, decolorizing,
     discolor, discolorment, dot, earmark, engraving, etiolation,
     fading, fleck, flick, freckle, gash, graving, hack, jot, lentigo,
     lightening, macula, madder bleach, mark, market bleach, marking,
     mole, mottle, nevus, nick, notch, paling, patch, point, polka dot,
     prick, puncture, scar, scarification, score, scotch, scratch,
     scratching, speck, speckle, splash, splotch, spot, stain, stigma,
     strawberry mark, tattoo, tattoo mark, tick, tittle, watermark,
     whitening