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- [pahy-bawld]
- /ˈpaɪˌbɔld/
- /ˈpaɪ.bɔːld/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pahy-bawld]
- /ˈpaɪˌbɔld/
Definitions of piebald word
- adjective piebald having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored. 1
- noun piebald a piebald animal, especially a horse. 1
- adjective piebald having patches of different colour 1
- adjective piebald A piebald animal has patches of black and white on it. 0
- adjective piebald marked or spotted in two different colours, esp black and white 0
- noun piebald a black-and-white pied horse 0
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Origin of piebald
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; pie2 (see pied) + bald
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Parts of speech for Piebald
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
piebald popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for piebald
adj piebald
- brindle — a brindled animal
- brindled — brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour
- dappled — You use dappled to describe something that has dark or light patches on it, or that is made up of patches of light and shade.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- mottled — spotted or blotched in coloring.
adjective piebald
- freckled — Having freckles.
- marbled — Having a streaked and patterned appearance like that of variegated marble.
- multicoloured — Alternative spelling of multicolored.
noun piebald
- heterogeneous — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- mixed — put together or formed by mixing.
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See also
Matching words
- Words starting with p
- Words starting with pi
- Words starting with pie
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