Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blotter

/blˈɑtɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: blot-ter
IPA: /blˈɑtɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.

noun

A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.

noun

A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.

noun

A register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions.

noun

A portion of blotter acid.

Slang

Example Sentences

"All transactions were entered in the cash blotter and agent's subsidiary ledger."
"He maintains the political blotter blog."
""The blotter was so full of his scribbling, it was getting harder and harder to find places to write in.""
"Glass bottles of liquid LSD; moist blocks of Manali charras and Malana cream; sachets of smack; a hundred caps of MDMA and a phial of Australian DMT; ampoules of medical morphine and a dense pad of four thousand Californian blotters."

Etymology

Etymology tree English blot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blotter From blot + -er.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

blotters (plural)

Derived Forms

blottery electroblotter miniblotter

Phrases

blotter acid blotter art police blotter trade blotter

Synonyms

desk blotter desk pad mouillette police blotter day book rap sheet charge sheet blotting paper

Rhymes With

potter hotter mater otter saltwater trotter spotter cotter squatter plotter imprimatur totter

Questions

How do you pronounce blotter?: The recorded pronunciation is /blˈɑtɚ/.
What does blotter mean?: A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.
Where does blotter come from?: Etymology tree English blot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blotter From blot + -er.

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