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webcams

webcams is the plural of webcam.

webcams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of webcam.

Meaning of webcam

Noun

webcam (plural webcams)

  1. A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.
    • And while the Webcams focused on street scenes and other public gathering spots do seem to occupy an uncertain status as a new medium, they perhaps raise an ethical question: Is this the cinéma vérité of cyberspace or is it private surveillance?1996 April 29, Steve Lohr, “Dining Out in Manhattan: How to See and Be Seen”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page D24

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Questions about webcams

What is webcams the plural of?
Webcams is the plural of webcam.

Words near webcams in the dictionary

  1. Webcamgate
  2. webcammed
  3. webcammer
  4. webcammers
  5. webcamming
  6. webcams
  7. webcap
  8. webcaps
  9. webcartoonist
  10. webcartoonists
  11. webcast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: webcams (page history and authors); webcam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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