satellite dish

noun

: a microwave dish for receiving usually television transmissions from an orbiting satellite

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Hollis describes how Richard climbs up to their balcony like a ninja by grasping onto the building’s wiring and satellite dishes. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 The deals mean that Freely now offers over 40 live channels and over 74,000 hours of on demand content via streaming, without the need for an aerial or satellite dish. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024 An electric line snakes in from a nearby pole, and a satellite dish glints in the sun. Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024 The company best known for providing the traditional TV bundle through satellite dishes has been tapping star power to get its message across that, actually, customers can watch DirecTV without a satellite dish. Jacob Pramuk,michele Luhn,sara Salinas, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for satellite dish

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of satellite dish was in 1962

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“Satellite dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satellite%20dish. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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satellite dish

noun
: a microwave dish for receiving usually television transmissions from an orbiting satellite
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