dead spot
Americannoun
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Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
Example Sentences
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There’s a dead spot on the former site of a bounce house, and the detritus of five children suggests, at all times, that we are running the world’s chintziest yard sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
I am in a cellphone and internet dead spot in Poulsbo.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
A dead spot having zero speed is created there.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Elle Macpherson, the show’s host, is the only dead spot, but she isn’t around much.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2012
There was a dead spot in the carburetor.
From Test Pilot by Collins, Jimmy
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