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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
blackspot
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an unemployment blackspotBritish English (= an area where there is higher unemployment than in other places)
▪ The town became an unemployment blackspot after the factory closure.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
accident
▪ The crash happened at a notorious accident blackspot.
▪ The collision was on a town centre route that is fast becoming an accident blackspot.
unemployment
▪ All 2,060 workers will go in a town which is already an unemployment blackspot.
▪ He believes some firms could then reject the town as an unemployment blackspot.
▪ But North Tyneside, the region's unemployment blackspot would have taken little comfort from such news.
▪ He believes the council is in danger of giving Darlington a bad image as an unemployment blackspot.
▪ Cinderford stands in the heart of the forest of dean, an unemployment blackspot.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A nightmare of wilt and mildew, of fungus and blackspot.
▪ All 2,060 workers will go in a town which is already an unemployment blackspot.
▪ But North Tyneside, the region's unemployment blackspot would have taken little comfort from such news.
▪ He believes some firms could then reject the town as an unemployment blackspot.
▪ He believes the council is in danger of giving Darlington a bad image as an unemployment blackspot.
▪ The collision was on a town centre route that is fast becoming an accident blackspot.
▪ The crash happened at a notorious accident blackspot.
Wiktionary
blackspot

alt. 1 A dangerous place or area 2 Any of several diseases that produce black spots on leaves or the skin n. 1 A dangerous place or area 2 Any of several diseases that produce black spots on leaves or the skin

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Blackspot

Blackspot can refer to:

  • A campaign by Adbusters
  • Accident blackspot
  • Apple scab or Pear scab

Animals:

  • Blackspot climbing perch
  • Blackspot shark
  • Blackspot skate
  • Blackspot tuskfish
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Usage examples of "blackspot".

Let's get into the water and you can show me some blackspot sergeants.

He just had~to look at what was before him to realise that the day after he arrived, Islay would declare itself the latest independent state in the new Europe and take over Ulster's mantle as the UK's number one terrorist blackspot.