noun / verb

dot

DAHT/dɑːt/

A small round mark.

A small black dot marks the otherwise blank white sheet.

A single small, round black ink mark on an otherwise blank white sheet, with a capped fine-tip pen resting beside the sheet to establish the mark's small scale.

Etymology

Old English dott meant a speck or the head of a boil, but its connection to the modern word is uncertain. The later word may instead imitate the effect of a pen’s brief touch.

In context

Runqiao Du Ballet Coaching1:02

you have to make a DOT on the wall at eye level on the white wall put the tape up there at your eye level so you're looking at that dot that Mark on the wall

Beginner's Guide to "Spotting" for Better Pirouettes

More examples

She dots the fabric with white paint.
Remember to put a dot above each lowercase i.
Tiny cottages dot the hillside.

Forms

dot · dots · dotted · dotting

Similar words

spot: A small patch that need not be round.
mark: A visible trace of any shape or size.
speck: An extremely small spot or particle, not necessarily round.