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satellite dish
noun
: a microwave dish for receiving usually television transmissions from an orbiting satellite
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To solve that problem, crooks are buying Starlink satellite dishes.
—Kim Komando, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
Remember Smart Hulk rescuing a bunch of people by carrying them in a satellite dish at the start of Avengers: Endgame?
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The expansion of broadband internet into rural areas — where satellite dishes had often been the only option for TV access — has also created more competition from those that can provide TV and internet bundles.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
While satellite dishes now punctuate the iconic red roofscape and yachts have supplanted fishing boats, the village's essence—that which captivated Cézanne and Braque—remains discernible to the attuned observer.
—Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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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 28 Nov. 2024.
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satellite dish
noun
: a microwave dish for receiving usually television transmissions from an orbiting satellite
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