dead spot
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noun
Also called blind spot . an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
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How to use dead spot in a sentence
I thought of the "dead spot" I had first heard about on the newscast the night before, and how it was steadily growing.
Call Him Savage|John PollardI have found the plant growing from a dead spot on the base of a living oak tree.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis AtkinsonWhat a contrast between this dead spot and the railway that runs past it, always in a stir!
The Cathedral|Joris-Karl Huysmans