spam filter

American  

[spam fil-ter] / ˈspæm ˌfɪl tər /

noun

spam filters plural

1. Computers. a piece of software that detects spam emails and blocks their delivery.

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• spam filters
  plural

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

spam filter

"We've essentially built a scientific spam filter," Professor Barnett said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

Rather, the tools are like “a spam filter … you still want to go through your spam filter every week” to check for erroneously flagged legitimate content.

From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2023

“Why? Because those algorithmic systems precisely are designed like a great, sort of giant spam filter to identify and deprecate and downgrade bad content.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2021

A: The best way to get rid of nuisance email is to set your email program’s spam filter to a high setting and to delete whatever spam or suspicious emails get through.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2021

Darryl and I once tried to write our own better spam filter and when you filter spam, you need Bayesian math.

From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory