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webcam

noun, web·cam often capitalized \ˈweb-ˌkam\

: a small video camera that is used to show live images on a Web site

Full Definition of WEBCAM

:  a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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First Known Use of WEBCAM

1995

Rhymes with WEBCAM

air dam, Annam, ashram, exam, flimflam, goddamn, grandam, grand slam, hard clam, imam, logjam, madame, Mailgram, milldam, nizam, Priam, program, quondam, surf clam, tam-tam, thiram, trigram, whim-wham, ziram
WEBCAM Defined for Kids

webcam

noun web·cam \ˈweb-ˌkam\

Definition of WEBCAM for Kids

:  a small video camera that is used to show live images on a Web site

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