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Definition: Blotter |
BlotterNoun1. Absorbent paper used to dry ink. 2. The daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blotter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Synonyms: BlotterSynonyms: blotting paper (n), charge sheet (n), day book (n), police blotter (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cleanness | Brush; broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter; blotter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Blotter |
| Specialty definitions using "blotter": CHARGER I ♦ PRINT WASHER. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Halftone reproduction of a photograph by Enrique Muller, showing the submarine underway, circa 1916. It is printed on an advertising blotter. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The writing was imprinted upon the blotter. |
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Health | It is sold in tablet, capsule, and liquid forms as well as in pieces of blotter paper that have absorbed the drug. Typically an LSD user feels the effects of the drug 30 to 90 minutes after taking it. The physical effects include dilated pupils, higher body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure, sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Blotter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Blotter" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 54 | 46,184 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "blotter" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Blotter | Last name | 130 | 58,397 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "blotter": blotter acid ♦ police blotter. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "blotter": blotter-owning. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "blotter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | thithëse (aspiratory, blotting paper), tercja (blotting paper), regjistër i policisë, letërthithëse (blotting paper). (various references) | |
Arabic | ورق نشاف, النشافة, دفتر تسجيل المبيعات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | книга за покупко-продажби, попивателна (blotting paper, pad). (various references) | |
Chinese | 吸墨纸. (various references) | |
Czech | záznamník (Jotter, register), psací podložka s pijákem, piják (drunk, soak, sot). (various references) | |
Danish | trækpapir (blotting paper, blotting-paper). (various references) | |
Dutch | vloeipapier (blotting paper, blotting-paper). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sorba papero (blotting paper). (various references) | |
Finnish | imuri (blotting paper, blotting-pad). (various references) | |
French | buvard, tampon-buvard, registre, papier buvard (blotting, blotting paper). (various references) | |
Frisian | floeipapier (blotting paper). (various references) | |
German | löscher (extinguisher), Verunstalter (blotters). (various references) | |
Greek | στυπόχαρτο (blotting paper), επιτραπέζιο στυπόχαρτο. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | tercja (blotting paper). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מספ', סופ' (absorbent), יר סופ'. (various references) | |
Hungarian | itatós (blotting paper), lajstrom (calendar, docket, list, roll), regiszter (register, slide), napló (diary, journal, log), mappa (dossier, file, portfolio), itatós mappa, itatós blokk, előjegyzék. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kertas hisap. (various references) | |
Italian | carta assorbente (blotting, blotting paper), carta asciugante (blotting, blotting paper). (various references) | |
Manx | pabyr sooee. (various references) | |
Norwegian | trekkpapiret (blotting paper). (various references) | |
Papiamen | vluipapir (blotting paper). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otterblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mata-borrão (blotch, blotting paper). (various references) | |
Romanian | sugativã (bibber, blotting paper, boozer, soaker, sponge, writing pad), hârtia sugåtoare (blotting paper). (various references) | |
Russian | промокательная бумага (blotting paper, blotting-paper), промокашка, писака (hedge-writer, ink-slinger, pen-driver, pen-pusher, quill-driver, scribbler). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | podsetnik (agenda, memo pad, reminder), piskaralo (hack, hack writer, pen-driver). (various references) | |
Spanish | papel secante (blotting paper). (various references) | |
Swedish | läskblock. (various references) | |
Turkish | murakkap sílgísí (blotting paper), kurutma kâğiti (blotting paper), kurutma kâğıdı (blotting paper), karakol kayıt defteri. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | торговельна книга, книга записів, меморіал (memorial), промокальний папір (blotting paper), писака (hedgewriter, pamphleteer, pen pusher, scribbler). (various references) | |
Zulu | iphepha lokumunca uyinki (blotting paper), ibhlotha (blotting paper). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blotter": blotters. (additional references) | |
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"Blotter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bellotte, Belotti, Blatta, blatte, Blattel, blettes, Blitar, bliter, blitter, bloster, Blote, blouter, blter, botter, lotter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "blotter" (pronounced blÄ"ter) |
| 4 | -l Ä" t er | plotter. |
| 3 | -Ä" t er | Cotter, dotter, hotter, imprimatur, mater, otter, Potter, rotter, saltwater, spotter, squatter, totter, Trotter, yachter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bottler. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-l-o-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: bettor, bolter, bottle. | |
-2 letters: botel, lotte, otter, roble, rotte, torte, toter. | |
-3 letters: belt, blet, blot, bole, bolt, bore, bort, bott, lobe, lore, orle, robe, role, rote, rotl, tole, tore, tort, tote, tret, trot. | |
-4 letters: bel, bet, bot, bro, let, lob, lot, obe, ole, orb, ore, ort, reb, ret, rob, roe, rot, tel, tet, toe. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-l-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: blotters, blottier, bottlers, libretto, rebottle. | |
+2 letters: betrothal, briolette, librettos, rebottled, rebottles, rotatable, trilobate, trilobite. | |
+3 letters: betrothals, briolettes, letterbomb, obliterate, rebottling, trilobites. | |
+4 letters: battlefront, bottlebrush, buttonholer, footlambert, forgettable, letterbombs, letterboxed, obliterated, obliterates, obliterator, obstetrical, stilbestrol, thunderbolt, troubleshot. | |
+5 letters: bachelorette, battlefronts, battleground, biotelemetry, buttonholers, contractible, contrastable, counterblast, erythroblast, exorbitantly, flutterboard, footlamberts, interorbital, letterboxing, nonturbulent, obliterating, obliteration, obliterative, obliterators, stilbestrols, thermostable, throttleable, thunderbolts, tolerability, troubleshoot. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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