BLIND SPOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blind spot mean? 

• BLIND SPOT (noun)
  The noun BLIND SPOT has 2 senses:

1. a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment

2. the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light

  Familiarity information: BLIND SPOT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLIND SPOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it

Hypernyms ("blind spot" is a kind of...):

issue; matter; subject; topic (some situation or event that is thought about)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

blind spot; optic disc; optic disk

Hypernyms ("blind spot" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Holonyms ("blind spot" is a part of...):

retina (the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve)