dots
Because it is a word with a single syllable, dots is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofdots
- A small, round spot.
Example: "a dot of colour"
- (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
- A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
- A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
- One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
- A lump or clot.
- Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
Example: "a dot of a child"
- A dot ball.
- Buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun
- To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
Example: "His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint."
- To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
Example: "Dot your is and cross your ts."
- To mark by means of dots or small spots.
Example: "to dot a line"
- To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
Example: "to dot a landscape with cottages"
- To punch (a person).
- A dowry.
- A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.
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