bald spot
Americannoun
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an area on the scalp that has little or no hair and where hair no longer grows.
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a small bare area that lacks the natural growth or covering that adjoining areas have.
a brown bald spot on a lawn;
a carpet's bald spots.
Etymology
Origin of bald spot
First recorded in 1815–20
Example Sentences
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And there was a bald spot right in front.
From Literature
He hadn't wanted a bald spot at all.
From Literature
Tariq recalls a colleague poking fun at his bald spot during a shopping trip, and describing that as "like an ice pick to my heart".
From BBC
He grew up to see how politics was at once powerful and petty, like when he took a job editing government documentaries of Lyndon Johnson and was ordered to never show the president’s bald spot.
From Los Angeles Times
Watching Bernie on stage—his face growing steadily pinker, with sheet-white hair pouring out from the baseball cap protecting his bald spot from the sun—it is impossible not to feel some grief for the man.
From Slate
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