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blot·ter

(blŏt′ər)

1. A piece or pad of blotting paper.

2. A book containing daily records of occurrences or transactions: a police blotter.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

blotter

(ˈblɒtə)

1. something used to absorb excess ink or other liquid, esp a sheet of blotting paper with a firm backing

2. US a daily record of events, such as arrests, in a police station (esp in the phrase police blotter)

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

blot•ter

(ˈblɒt ər)

n.

1. a piece of blotting paper used to absorb ink, to protect a desk top, etc.

2. a book in which transactions or events are recorded as they occur: a police blotter.

[1585–95]

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Noun	1.	blotter - absorbent paper used to dry ink blotting paper paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
	2.	blotter - the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station charge sheet, day book, police blotter, rap sheet written account, written record - a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events

Translations

نَشّافَةٌ

pijákpijáková podložka

blæksugertrækpapir

ProtokollbuchSchreibunterlage Tintenlöscher

buvard

itatós

òerripappír

tampone

trekkpapir

písacia podložka s pijavým papierom

kurutma kâğıdı

吸墨纸

blotter

[ˈblɒtəʳ] N

1. (= blotting paper) → secante m

2. (US) (= notebook) → registro m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blotter

[ˈblɒtə^r] n → buvard mblotting paper n → papier m buvard

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blotter

→ (Tinten)löscher m

(US: = record book) → Kladde f; (= police blotter) → Polizeiregister nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blotter

[ˈblɒtəʳ] n → tampone m (di carta assorbente)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

blot

(blot) noun

1. a spot or stain (often of ink). an exercise book full of blots.

2. something ugly. a blot on the landscape.

verb – past tense, past participle ˈblotted –

1. to spot or stain, especially with ink. I blotted this sheet of paper in three places when my nib broke.

2. to dry with blotting-paper. Blot your signature before you fold the paper.

ˈblotter noun

a pad or sheet of blotting-paper.

ˈblotting-paper noun

soft paper used for drying up ink.

blot one's copybook

to make a bad mistake. He has really blotted his copybook by being late for the interview.

blot out

to hide from sight. The rain blotted out the view.

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