"foreslash" meaning in All languages combined

See foreslash on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-uk-foreslash.ogg [UK] Forms: foreslashes [plural]
Etymology: fore- + slash, a retronym, distinguishing slash from backslash; compare forward slash. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|slash}} fore- + slash, {{m|en|slash}} slash, {{m|en|backslash}} backslash, {{m|en|forward slash}} forward slash Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreslash (plural foreslashes)
  1. (typography, computing, rare) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Computing, Punctuation marks, Typography Synonyms: slash [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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