BLOODSTAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bloodstain mean? 

• BLOODSTAIN (noun)
  The noun BLOODSTAIN has 1 sense:

1. a discoloration caused by blood

  Familiarity information: BLOODSTAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOODSTAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A discoloration caused by blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("bloodstain" is a kind of...):

discoloration; discolouration; stain (a soiled or discolored appearance)

 Context examples 

Round one of his hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all over with bloodstains.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Out of the window he must apparently have gone for no other exit could be discovered, and the ominous bloodstains upon the sill gave little promise that he could save himself by swimming, for the tide was at its very highest at the moment of the tragedy.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)