Dot
Dot noun - A small area that is different (as in color) from the main part.
Usage example: there was just a dot on the tablecloth where the food had spattered
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Synonyms for Dot
Nearby Word: dotty
Pip
Pip noun - A small area that is different (as in color) from the main part.
Usage example: a black horse with white pips
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- A rather unusual example: analogue BBC radio stations broadcast "the pips" immediately before hourly news broadcasts - with the final long pip being broadcast on the dot of the hour.
Source: Live but Delayed - Animaniacs: Yakko, Wakko & Dot meet Pip Pumphandle, who gives one long labourious story as he shakes Yakko's hand.
Source: Old Windbag
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Pip and Dot. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dot/pip
Dot & Pip. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dot/pip>.
Pip or Dot. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dot/pip.
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