[spɛk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tiny spot
(e.g: the figure in the distance had become a mere speck)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English specca; compare with the noun speckle

[spɛk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- mark with small spots
(e.g: their skin was specked with goose pimples)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English specca; compare with the noun speckle

[spɛk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a smoked ham of a type produced in north-eastern Italy


Phrases:

Origin:
via Italian from Dutch spek, German Speck ‘fat bacon, whale blubber’ (in which sense it was formerly used in English): related to Old English spec