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Definition of "webcam" []

  • A digital camera capable of downloading images to a computer for transmission over the Internet or other network. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "webcam" in a sentence
  • "Sounds works great, the speakers sound surprisingly good and the built-in webcam works well too."
  • "If you saw on the webcam that Bianca, the only woman, was mopping the floor on the residential level, please be reassured that the guys were sweeping and vacuuming like mad in the lab and the EVA room (where the webcam is still out of order -- sorry, I'll look into that soon, I hope)."
  • "Chall, I am appreciating Skype even more than before, now that I have MacTavish and the built-in webcam!"