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Definition of "blot" []
- A spot or a stain caused by a discoloring substance: a blot of paint. (noun)
- A stain on one's character or reputation; a disgrace. See Synonyms at stain. (noun)
- The Northern, Southern, or Western blot analyses. (noun)
- To spot or stain, as with a discoloring substance. (verb-transitive)
- To bring moral disgrace to. (verb-transitive)
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Use "blot" in a sentence
- "A regular salt blot from the farm store is about $6 and the Deer Cane was $7.99."
- "Fortunately my younger brother was able to remove this blot from the family escutcheon by joining the Canadian Army in 1941."
- "It will be a relief to the whole legal profession that at last what the Master of the Rolls called a blot on our jurisprudence has been removed."