dot
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈdät 
1
: a small spot : speck
2
: a small round mark: such as
a(1)
: a small point made with a pointed instrument
a dot on the chart marked the ship's position
(2)
: a small round mark used in orthography or punctuation
put a dot over the i
b
: a centered point used as a multiplication sign (as in 6 · 5 = 30)
c(1)
: a point after a note or rest in music indicating augmentation of the time value by one half
(2)
: a point over or under a note indicating that it is to be played staccato
3
: a precise point especially in time
arrived at six on the dot
4
: a short click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in the Morse code)
5
: a point used to separate components of an address on the Internet
dot
2 of 4verb
ˈdät
dotted; dotting
transitive verb
1
: to mark with a dot
2
: to intersperse with dots or objects scattered at random
boats dotting the lake
intransitive verb
: to make a dot
dotter noun
dot
3 of 4noun (2)
ˈdȯt
: dowry sense 1
DOT
4 of 4abbreviation
Department of Transportation
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- blotch
- dapple
- eyespot
- fleck
- mottle
- patch
- pip
- point
- speck
- speckle
- splotch
- spot
Verb
- bestrew
- pepper
- scatter
- sow
- spot
- spray
- sprinkle
- strew
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb Don't forget to dot the i. Quaint cottages dot the countryside. The fields were dotted with wildflowers. Dot the cream all over your face.
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English *dot, from Old English dott head of a boil; akin to Old High German tutta nipple
Noun (2)
French, from Latin dot-, dos dowry
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
circa 1740, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (2)
1822, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing dot
Kids Definition
dot 1 of 2
noun
ˈdät
1
: a small point, mark, or spot
2
: a certain point in time
noon on the dot
3
: a short click forming a letter or part of a letter (as in Morse code)
dot
2 of 2verb
dotted; dotting
: to mark with or as if with small spots
Dot your i's.
Medical Definition
dot
noun
ˈdät
: a small spot or speck see maurer's dots, schuffner's dots
Legal Definition
DOT
abbreviation
Department of Transportation
dotted 1 of 2
adjective
as in spotted
marked with spots a dotted tie that didn't go with his striped shirt at all Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- spotted
- colored
- speckled
- flecked
- stippled
- colorful
- dapple
- specked
- freckled
- rainbow
- dappled
- mottled
- variegated
- spangled
- splotchy
- spotty
- marbled
- veined
- multicolored
- varicolored
- blotched
- polychrome
- prismatic
- chromatic
- blotchy
- moiré
- moire
- roan
- polychromatic
- motley
- pinto
- multihued
- piebald
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- solid
- unspotted
dotted
2 of 2verb
1
as in sprinkled
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on a hillside dotted with wildflowers Synonyms & Similar Words
- sprinkled
- sprayed
- peppered
- scattered
- strewed
- spotted
- studded
- speckled
- flecked
- stippled
- dusted
- bestrewed
- drizzled
- dappled
- blanketed
- spattered
- sowed
- bespattered
2
as in flecked
to mark with small spots especially unevenly the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce Synonyms & Similar Words
- sprinkled
- flecked
- speckled
- peppered
- stained
- stippled
- spotted
- striped
- dappled
- mottled
- marbled
- specked
- freckled
- splotched
- blotched
- dyed
- interspersed
- blotted
- studded
- streaked
- barred
- shot
- spattered
- banded
- set
- bespattered
- prosecutrices
- prosecutrix
- prosecutrixes
- prosed
- proselyte
- proselyted
- proselyter
- proselyters
- proselytes
- proselytical
- proselyting
- proselytisation
- proselytisations
- proselytise
- proselytised
- proselytiser
- proselytisers
- proselytises
- proselytising
- proselytism
- proselytisms
- proselytist
- proselytistic
- proselytization
- proselytizations