blotting paper

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blot·ting paper

(blŏt′ĭng)

Absorbent paper used to blot a surface by soaking up excess ink.

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blotting paper

(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a soft absorbent unsized paper, used esp for soaking up surplus ink

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blot′ting pa`per

a soft, absorbent, unsized paper, used esp. to dry the ink on a piece of writing.

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blotting paper - absorbent paper used to dry ink

blotter

paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

Translations

sací papír

buvard

carta assorbente

промокашка

blotting paper

[ˈblɒtɪŋˌpeɪpəʳ] N → papel m secante

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blotting paper

[ˈblɒtɪŋˌpeɪpəʳ] n → carta assorbente, carta asciugante

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Dinner over, we produced a bundle of pens, a copious supply of ink, and a goodly show of writing and blotting paper. For, there was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.

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The headmaster hesitated a moment, and then, idly drawing lines with a pencil on the blotting paper in front of him, went on.

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Steadily, incessantly, each black splash grew and spread, shooting out ramifications this way and that, now banking itself against rising ground, now pouring swiftly over a crest into a new-found valley, exactly as a gout of ink would spread itself upon blotting paper.

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If he can draw, he will draw absent-mindedly on blotting paper. I suspect this rascal has often drawn poor old Puggy's face on blotting paper.

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Predictably unpredictable, its ebb and flow are accompanied by such ephemeral byproducts as the inkblot and blotting paper. Together, they constitute a messy and protean economy that is instrumental to modernism's scenes of writing.

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Blot away Get rid of oil by using blotting paper. These small patches of paper can mop up oil and sweat without wiping off your make up.