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пъ́стър — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • calico noun A plain, inexpensive cotton fabric, often printed with a simple pattern.
  • checkered adj Patterned with a grid of alternating light and dark squares.
  • colorful adjective Full of bright or varied colors.
  • dapple noun A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
  • dappled adj Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
  • motley adj Made up of a wildly varied, often mismatched, mix of elements or people.
  • piebald adj Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
  • speckled adj Covered with small spots or marks of a different color.
  • variegated adj Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color.

Senses

пъ́стър is used for these senses in English:

  • calico Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
  • checkered (figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.
  • colorful Possessing prominent and varied colors.
  • dapple Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.
  • dappled Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
  • motley Having many colours; variegated.
  • particoloured Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours.
  • piebald (figuratively) Of mixed character, heterogeneous.

calico — full definition

  1. noun A plain, inexpensive cotton fabric, often printed with a simple pattern.
  2. adj Having patches of different colors, especially describing a cat's coat.

checkered — full definition

  1. adj Patterned with a grid of alternating light and dark squares.
  2. adj Marked by ups and downs, controversy, or a mix of successes and failures.

Related Bulgarian words