bald spot

or bald·spot

[ bawld spot ]

noun

1. an area on the scalp that has little or no hair and where hair no longer grows.
2. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bald spot¹

First recorded in 1815–20

Example Sentences

Who knew that his first Netflix special would require him to trade in his slick, radio announcer speaking voice for a North Texas drawl, his thick hair for a rather ample-yet-distinguished bald spot and his sharp, comedic wit for — OK, well, he still has that.

From Los Angeles Times

Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas, are sitting in a Glendale dressing room, moisturizing after a photo shoot as they laughingly recount the time their dad asked a young Finneas to climb on a chair and snap a picture of his bald spot.

From Los Angeles Times

“All those hair-plug companies do that, where they have the photo of the bald spot, then six days later—”

From Los Angeles Times

He was in his early forties and had a bald spot, which he tried to cover with a comb-over.

From Literature

Here, “cowlick” can mean either a bald spot or a tuft of hair sticking straight up, like the one the character Alfalfa sports in The Little Rascals.

From Scientific American