spamblock

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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.

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Meanings

nounspamblock (plural spamblocks)

plural spamblocks

  1. computingText 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.
verbspamblock (third-person singular simple present spamblocks, present participle spamblocking, simple past and past participle spamblocked)

present singular third person spamblocks · participle present spamblocking · participle past spamblocked · past spamblocked

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

Origin

From spam + block.

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Cite this entry
APA

spamblock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spamblock

MLA

“spamblock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spamblock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spamblock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spamblock.

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