blotting paper

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   absorbent paper used to dry ink

   Synonymsblotter

   Broaderpaper

Questions about blotting paper

What does blotting paper mean?

blotting paper means "absorbent paper used to dry ink".

What is another word for blotting paper?

Close synonyms include blotter. 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 blotting paper a common word?

blotting paper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.