satellite dish

noun

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

Examples of satellite dish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 2021, Sky unveiled Sky Glass, an almost entirely wireless television that can be installed swiftly and only requires an internet connection to operate — dispensing with the need for a satellite dish or cable box. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024 Enlarge / SpaceX Starlink satellite dish at Pelican Beach on Willard Bay Reservoir in Willard, Utah, in October 2022. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2023 Each adds $500 a year for upgrades, like new generators, a satellite dish and HDTV. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024 Can Al Michaels make streaming the NFL on Amazon Prime Video a Thursday night ritual? Sept. 13, 2022 Advertisement In the 1980s, bars and taverns bought satellite dishes to pull in out-of-market NFL network telecasts, a handy attraction that was good for business if the home team wasn’t very good. Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024 Amid all this, more than 36 hours after the attack had begun, a member of the work crew at Krebs’ house managed to kick his satellite dish, knocking out his home’s internet connection. Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023 There were six parabolic mics, contraptions resembling satellite dishes that operators strap on like sandwich boards and schlep around the sidelines to soak up sounds. Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023 During the blackout, the only way to reach the outside world was with an expensive satellite phone, via a satellite dish, or potentially using a SIM card issued by a foreign mobile phone providers, capable of picking up signal from across the border with either Israel or Egypt, Toker said. Leo Sands, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023 The flat faces of certain owls, like the barn owl, act as a giant external ear — like a satellite dish — with the feathers directing the sound into the ear. New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023

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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 28 Mar. 2024.

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satellite dish

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