blot

1. 1.

   dry (ink) with blotting paper

   Broaderabsorb
2. 2.

   make a spot or mark onto

   “The wine spotted the tablecloth”

   Synonymsspotfleckblob

   Broaderchange surface

   Narrowersplotchtarnishspecklespatter

Other forms of blot

plural

blots·

past tense or participle

blotted

present participle

blotting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blot

What does blot mean?

blot means "a blemish made by dirt". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blot?

blot has 1 syllable: blot. In IPA it is /ˈblɑt/.

What is another word for blot?

Close synonyms include smudge, spot, daub, smear, smirch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blot a common word?

blot is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with blot?

1 word rhymes with blot. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.