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

And the first four books in Maupin’s Tales of the City series ran in a San Francisco Chronicle that had yet to be kneecapped by the dot-com bubble’s popping. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

Many of the industry’s top executives started their work lives during the dot-com boom, saw the initial excitement, the inevitable crash and the steady rise of online adoption. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Economists have spent much of 2026 watching to see if the artificial intelligence bubble will burst, much like the boom-and-burn cycle of dot-com pioneer companies in the late 1990s. — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026

During the dot-com boom, a flood of stock offerings eventually exhausted investors' buying power, contributing to the market's collapse. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 26 Oct. 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