spam filter

noun

informal

: software that identifies and blocks spam

Examples of spam filter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My spam filter was working fine, but somehow these messages were outsmarting it! — Cellene Hoogenkamp, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Balasubramaniyan likens Pindrop’s technology to a spam filter. — Time Contributors, Time, 27 Apr. 2026

Our new music spam filter will protect against this behavior and help prevent spammers from generating royalties that could be otherwise distributed to professional artists and songwriters. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025

After the accusations were levied by the RNC, Google launched a temporary pilot program in August 2022 to exempt qualified political emails from Gmail’s spam filter, which the RNC opted to not participate in, according to court documents. — Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for spam filter

• kilter
• quilter