spam
Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposesAny undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
Meaning
5 senses(Internet, countable, rare, uncountable)Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
I get far too much spam.
I received 58 spams yesterday.
Spam
спамspam, нежела́тельная по́чтаneželátelʹnaja póčta
(Internet, uncountable)Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
(Internet, countable, uncountable)Excessive, often unwanted and repeated online messages.
(broadly, countable, often, uncountable)A large quantity or multitude of anything done repetitively or considered unusually or indiscriminately repetitive.
(countable, uncountable)A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham.
Frühstücksfleisch
тушёнкаtušónka
a canned meat made largely from pork
Examples
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Origin
The original sense (canned ham) is a proprietary name registered by Geo. A. Hormel & Co. iThe original sense (canned ham) is a proprietary name registered by Geo. A. Hormel & Co. in U.S., 1937. It is presumed to be a conflation of either "spiced ham" or "shoulder of pork and ham" but was soon extended to other kinds of canned meat. Hormel spells the trademarked name in all upper case.
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Forms
plural: spamsSynonyms
2 synonyms- unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk):junk e-mail
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
38 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable