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Dictionary entry overview: What does MOT mean?

• MOT (noun)
The noun MOT has 2 senses:

1. a clever remark
2. a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes

Familiarity information: MOT used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A clever remark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bon mot; mot

Hypernyms ("mot" is a kind of...):

humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)

Domain region:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Ministry of Transportation test; MOT test; MOT

Hypernyms ("MOT" is a kind of...):

run; test; trial (the act of testing something)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

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