blotnoun [ C ]
uk/blɒt/us/blɑːt/a small area of ink made by mistake:
an ink blot
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Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- defile
- filthiness
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- muck
- pollutant
- slob
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- stain
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Idiom(s)
a blot on sb's character
a blot on the landscape
blotverb [ T ]
uk/blɒt/us/blɑːt/-tt-blot verb [ T ] (DRY)
to dry a wet surface, or writing done in ink, by pressing something soft against it:
I signed my name and blotted the paper.
She put on her lipstick and then carefully blotted her lips with a tissue.
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Writing & typing
- borrow
- chalk
- chronicle
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- enter
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- record
- run
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write
- write sth up
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blot verb [ T ] (SPOIL)
to make a blot or blots on something
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Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- clutter
- contaminate
- defile
- dirty
- disarrange
- foul
- mess
- mired
- mix
- mix sth up
- muddle
- muddle sth up
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- soil
- stain
- tarnish
- the polluter pays principle idiom
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Idiom(s)
blot your copybook
Phrasal verb(s)
blot sth out