English Explanatory Dictionary

dot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small, round spot.
  2. A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
  3. A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
  4. A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
  5. in musical notation, a symbol in the form of a small point placed after a note, indicating that its duration is to be augmented by 50%.
  6. One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
  7. A lump or clot.
  8. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
  9. A dot ball.
  10. buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun
  11. Clipping of dotty (“shotgun”).
  12. confinement facility
name
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
name
  1. Initialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport.
  2. Initialism of Department of Tourism.
noun
  1. Initialism of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
  2. Initialism of damage over time.
  3. A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of DOT.

Pronunciation

dŏt /dɒt/ dät /dɑt/ en-us-dot.ogg /dɔt/ en-au-dot.ogg

Word forms

dot dots D.O.T. D. O. T.

Etymology

From Middle English *dot, dotte, from Old English dott (“a dot, point”), from Proto-West Germanic *dott, from Proto-Germanic *duttaz (“wisp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dot, Dotte (“a clump”), Dutch dot (“lump, knot, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”), dialectal Swedish dott (“a little heap, bunch, clump”).

Synonyms

speck spot full stop period point decimal point dit blob dab ounce dicky-bird itsy-bitsy minuity ace atom atomy aught bissel bit crumb glimpse damn dash diddly glint dot spatter drop dusting fleck glimmer hint flip flyspeck grain halfpennyworth inch iota jot lick mite modicum molecule morceau morsel mote ooch particle pennyworth piece pinch relish scantling semblance scent scintilla scooch scrap scruple shred

Antonyms

HOT

Related words

MOT DoT d.o.t.

Derived words

ADOT ALDOT FDOT MDOT MnDOT NDOT NYCDOT NYSDOT VDOT WisDOT WSDOT
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