"blackspot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blackspots [plural]
Etymology: From black + spot. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|black|spot}} black + spot Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blackspot (countable and uncountable, plural blackspots)
  1. Alternative form of black spot Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: black spot Derived forms: accident blackspot Related terms: blackspot sea bream
    Sense id: en-blackspot-en-noun-PVdHwVA5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
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