dot-com

noun

ˈdät-ˌkäm 

often attributive

: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website

Examples of dot-com in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most of the 50,000 startups of the dot-com boom were wiped out in the eventual bust, destroying wealth for their investors; around ten survive today as tech giants. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026

Jones repeated that the current period in the market is akin to 1999, just about a year before the dot-com bubble burst in 2000. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

In the latest dubious milestone for US Treasuries, the yield on the 10-year benchmark note just hit its highest level since the dot-com bust. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

By the late 1990s, dot-com investors were paying prices that assumed enormous growth far into the future. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

from the use of .com in the URLs of such companies

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dot-com

• aplomb
• balaam
• begam
• cocom
• embalm
• islam
• pogrom
• salaam
• sitcom
• balm
• bom
• bomb