Meaning of black spot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fungal disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaves.
   uncountable
2. A section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident-prone.
   countable, uncountable
3. A dangerous place or area.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
4. A location with poor radio signal reception, e.g. for mobile phones.
   countable, uncountable
5. A subject or area about which little or no information is available.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
6. A fictional judicial device among pirates, consisting of a black circle indicating condemnation.
   countable, uncountable
7. The spot on a snooker table where the black ball is normally placed.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“In areas where black spot is only a problem after heavy rain or later in the season, restrict spraying to these times, or if yellowing or spotted foliage is detected.”

“Indian Queens is a hamlet just off the A30, a well-known traffic black spot, and Yellowknife was Margo Kidder's hometown in Canada.”

“What if—like so many rural parts of the county—this was a mobile black spot? That was easily tested. No, she had no problem dialling her own home number.”

“Near-synonyms: black hole, blind spot”

“Historians began to reanimate elements of the national historical memory partially destroyed by Soviet power. The closed book-shelfs^([sic]) and archives were (at least partially) opened, and “black spots” and taboos could now be tackled by national historians.”

“I went down on my knees at once. On the floor close to his hand there was a little round of paper, blackened on the one side. I could not doubt that this was the black spot; and taking it up, I found written on the other side, in a very good, clear hand, this short message: “You have till ten to-night.””

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