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  DoT, DOT, D.O.T. prop. n. The United States Department of Transportation. [acronym]
  Note: The Department of Transportation promulgates standards for the strength of shipping containers, and this abgreviation is often seen on cardboard boxes.
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       n 1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines
            between the dots" [syn: point]
       2: the United States federal department that institutes and
          coordinates national transportation programs; created in
          1966 [syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation]
       3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse
          code [syn: dit]
       4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back
          breaker, battery-acid, dose, Elvis, loony toons,
          Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window
          pane, Zen]
       v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills
            constellated with lights" [syn: stud, constellate]
       2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
          wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dust, disperse]
       3: make a dot or dots
       4: mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"
       [also: dotting, dotted]