blot

¹blot

noun \ˈblät\

Definition of BLOT

1

: a soiling or disfiguring mark : spot

2

: a mark of reproach : moral flaw

3

: a usually nitrocellulose or nylon sheet that contains spots of immobilized macromolecules (as of DNA, RNA, or protein) or their fragments and is used to identify specific components of the spots by applying a molecular probe (as a complementary nucleic acid or a radio labeled antibody) — compare southern blot, western blot

Origin of BLOT

Middle English

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with BLOT

aught, baht, bot, clot, cot, dot, ghat, grot, hot, jot, khat, knot, kyat, lot, lotte, Mott, motte, naught, not, plot, pot, rot, scot, Scot, shot, skat, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, watt, Watt, what, wot, yacht