dot

Speech parts

1. dot - Noun

2. dot - Verb

3. dot - Preposition

4. Dot - Proper noun

Meaning

A marriage portion; dowry.

A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.

To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.

To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.

To make dots or specks.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

point speck spot scatter sprinkle stipple full stop fleck mark atom period iota acid particle dust
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Antonyms

blizzard alkali whiten bonanza clean combine
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Hypernyms

mark LSD continue cover write disk

Hyponyms

swash spatter spray splash sprinkle splatter

Phrases with the word

year dot on the dot dot the i's and cross the t's dot or feather Red Dot cross the t's and dot the i's

Derivatives

dotted dotting

Examples

A tiny blue dot set in a sunbeam. Here it is. That's where we live. That's home. We humans are one species and this is our world. It is our responsibility to cherish it. Of all the worlds in our solar system, the only one so far as we know, graced by life. Carl Sagan

A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving. Cyrano de Bergerac

Desire may be compared to a minute seed. It is like a big banyan tree growing out of a seed, which is no bigger than a dot. Sarada Devi

Yes you see boys and girls, you see we came from a dot and that dot came from nothing. Now they call that Science and put it in a Science book? I'd call that a fairy tale and put it in the garbage. Kent Hovind

He puts the dot on the i. Hungarian Proverb

What I wished for happened not - What God willed happened to a dot. Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Doswell doswellid doswelliid dot and carry dot ball dot blot