"blotter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blotter.wav [US] Forms: blotters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree English blot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blotter From blot + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|blot|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English blot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blotter [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "blotter", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="blotter"> From blot + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} blotter (plural blotters)
  1. A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture. Synonyms: desk blotter, desk pad
    Sense id: en-blotter-en-noun-JwJ8yAPK
  2. A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.
    (perfumery) A strip of such paper saturated with perfume.
    Synonyms: desk blotter, desk pad, mouillette
    Sense id: en-blotter-en-noun-UJfQvHDl Categories (other): Perfumery
  3. (law enforcement) A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station. Synonyms: police blotter Translations (police station register): регистър (registăr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 記事簿 /记事簿 (jìshìbù) (Chinese Mandarin), Protokollbuch [neuter] (German), Polizeiregister [neuter] (German), registro [masculine] (Italian), brogliaccio [masculine] (Italian), журна́л (žurnál) (alt: регистра́ции приво́дов в полице́йском уча́стке) [masculine] (Russian), реги́стр (regístr) [masculine] (Russian), кни́га за́писей (kníga zápisej) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-blotter-en-noun-hqV~ijG0 Categories (other): Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement Disambiguation of 'police station register': 0 0 89 11 0
  4. A register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions.
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  5. (slang) A portion of blotter acid. Tags: slang
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blotter acid, blotter art, blottery, electroblotter, miniblotter, police blotter, trade blotter

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "registăr",
      "sense": "police station register",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "регистър"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "jìshìbù",
      "sense": "police station register",
      "word": "記事簿 /记事簿"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "police station register",
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      "word": "Protokollbuch"
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      "sense": "police station register",
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      "word": "Polizeiregister"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "police station register",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "police station register",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "brogliaccio"
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    {
      "alt": "регистра́ции приво́дов в полице́йском уча́стке",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "word": "журна́л"
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      "sense": "police station register",
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      "word": "реги́стр"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "kníga zápisej",
      "sense": "police station register",
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      "word": "кни́га за́писей"
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}

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