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blotting paper

blotting paper noun: absorbent paper used to dry ink.

blotting paper: absorbent paper used to dry ink
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Noun

blotting paper (countable and uncountable, plural blotting papers)

  1. Absorbent paper used to dry ink.

blotting paper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

blotting paper in Hindi

absorbent paper used to dry ink
सोख़्ता काग़ज़ sōxtā kāġaz, स्याहीसोख़ syāhīsōx, सोख़्ता sōxtā, ब्लॉटिंग काग़ज़ blôṭiṅg kāġaz

blotting paper in Tamil

ஒற்றுத் தாள், மை ஒற்று தாள், மை ஒற்றுத்தாள், மையொற்றுத் தாள், உறிஞ்சு தாள்

blotting paper in Urdu

absorbent paper used to dry ink
سوختہ کاغذ sōxta kāġaz, سیاہی سوخ syāhī sōx, سوختہ sōxta, بلاٹنگ کاغذ blāṭiṅg kāġaz

blotting paper in Kannada

ಒತ್ತುಕಾಗದ, ಒತ್ತುವ ಕಾಗದ, ಹೀರುಕಾಗದ, ಹೀರುಕ
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blotting paper in Gujarati
શાહીચૂસ કાગળ śāhīcūs kāgaḷ
blotting paper in Vietnamese
giấy chặm, giấy thấm
blotting paper in Myanmar
မင်နှိပ်စက္ကူ manghnipcakku

Forms of blotting paper

pluralblotting papers

Questions about blotting paper

What does blotting paper mean?
Blotting paper means absorbent paper used to dry ink.
What is blotting paper in Hindi?
Blotting paper in Hindi is सोख़्ता काग़ज़ (sōxtā kāġaz), स्याहीसोख़ (syāhīsōx), सोख़्ता (sōxtā). See Blotting paper meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is blotting paper?
Blotting paper is a noun.
What is the plural of blotting paper?
The plural of blotting paper is blotting papers.

Words near blotting paper in the dictionary

  1. blotting book
  2. blotting one's copy book
  3. blotting one's copybook
  4. blotting out
  5. blotting pad
  6. blotting paper
  7. blotting papers
  8. blotting up
  9. blottingly
  10. blottings
  11. blotto

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blotting paper (page history and authors); blotting paper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blotting paper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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