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eddress

eddress noun: an electronic address; in particular, an e-mail address.

Noun

eddress

  1. (dated) An electronic address; in particular, an e-mail address.
    • They've been dropping electronic tracts on anyone they can get an eddress for.2000, Ian Douglas, Europa Strike
    • The extraordinary growth of the global Internet makes it essential to have more addresses (or “eddresses”) available to accommodate everyone who will be on the Internet in just a few years. IPv4 allowed for 4 billion eddresses—but there are 6 billion people, and many more computers, appliances...2001, Joan Van Tassel, Digital TV Over Broadband

Examples of eddress in a sentence

  • The extraordinary growth of the global Internet makes it essential to have more addresses (or “eddresses”) available to accommodate everyone who will be on the Internet in just a few years.2001, Joan Van Tassel, Digital TV Over Broadband:
  • In college I use my eddress more then [sic] my regular address.2004, Xin-An Lu, editor, Concise Collection of College Students' Slang:

Forms of eddress

alternative forme-ddress
alternative forme-dress

Origin of eddress

Blend of e- + address.

Questions about eddress

What does eddress mean?
Eddress means an electronic address; in particular, an e-mail address.
How do you use eddress in a sentence?
The extraordinary growth of the global Internet makes it essential to have more addresses (or “eddresses”) available to accommodate everyone who will be on the Internet in just a few years.
What part of speech is eddress?
Eddress is a noun.

Words near eddress in the dictionary

  1. Eddleston
  2. eddo
  3. eddoe
  4. eddoes
  5. eddos
  6. eddress
  7. eddresses
  8. EDDs
  9. eddy
  10. Eddy County
  11. eddy current

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