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spamblock

spamblock noun: text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being. For example, in "jsmith-[AT]-example-[DOT]-com", the "@" and "." symbols have been replaced with literal text to prevent automated spambots from finding the email address while still leaving it readable.

Noun

spamblock (plural spamblocks)

  1. Text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being. For example, in "jsmith-[AT]-example-[DOT]-com", the "@" and "." symbols have been replaced with literal text to prevent automated spambots from finding the email address while still leaving it readable.

Verb

spamblock (third-person singular simple present spamblocks, present participle spamblocking, simple past and past participle spamblocked)

  1. To obfuscate (an email address) with a spamblock.

Forms of spamblock

Noun
pluralspamblocks
Verb
third-person singular presentspamblocks
present participlespamblocking
past participlespamblocked
pastspamblocked

Origin of spamblock

From spam + block.

Questions about spamblock

What does spamblock mean?
Spamblock means text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being. For example, in "jsmith-[AT]-example-[DOT]-com", the "@" and "." symbols have been replaced with literal text to prevent automated spambots from finding the email address while still leaving it readable.
What part of speech is spamblock?
Spamblock can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of spamblock?
The plural of spamblock is spamblocks.

Words near spamblock in the dictionary

  1. spam killers
  2. spam musubi
  3. spam musubis
  4. spam relay
  5. spam relays
  6. spamblock
  7. spamblocked
  8. spamblocking
  9. spamblocks
  10. spamblog
  11. spamblogs

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