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satellite dish
noun
: a microwave dish for receiving usually television transmissions from an orbiting satellite
Examples of satellite dish in a Sentence
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This was followed on Tuesday by two elephant silhouettes near Chelsea, monkeys swinging over Brick Lane on Wednesday, and a wolf howling on a satellite dish on a Peckham roof on Thursday.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
The piece, known as the Howling Wolf, featured the animal stenciled in black paint on a white satellite dish, which served as a modern-day stand-in for a full moon.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
Photographs show the image of the howling wolf, painted on a satellite dish, was allegedly stolen by three hooded men in broad daylight on August 8.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2024
Less than an hour after the wolf was unveiled, the satellite dish was stolen.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above
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“Satellite dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satellite%20dish. Accessed 7 Sep. 2024.
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satellite dish
noun
: a microwave dish for receiving usually television transmissions from an orbiting satellite
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