blackspot en · NOUN
Etymology
From black + spot.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of black spot.
alt of black spot
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has announced £200,000 funding towards research into developing a mobile telephone antenna prototype for rail gantries. If successful, the antenna could be installed on overhead line equipment gantries and help eliminate signal blackspots across the rail network.
2020 August 12, “Network News: Funding counters signal blackspots”, in Rail, page 14:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blackspots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
blackspot seabream · accident blackspot