blackspot

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A form of black spot — A fungal disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaves.

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Meanings

nounblackspot (countable and uncountable, plural blackspots)

plural blackspots

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of black spot.
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    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

Origin

From black + spot.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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MLA

“blackspot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackspot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blackspot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackspot.

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