satellite dish

noun

1. dish.

satellite dish

1. A parabolic antenna used to receive signals relayed by satellite.

Example Sentences

In one incident last year, a US Navy chief was relieved of her duties after she had installed an unauthorised satellite dish on her combat ship, so that she and other officers could access the internet.

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Other notable works included piranhas swimming on a police sentry box in the City of London, and a howling wolf on a satellite dish, which was taken off the roof of a shop in Peckham, south London, less than an hour after it was unveiled.

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Some of the works, which also included a howling wolf on a satellite dish, were removed, covered up or vandalised, after being painted across the city.

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The spark becomes a flame, and within seconds, a satellite dish swirling overhead picks up on the anomaly and triggers an alarm.

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Indeed, it looks something like a male dog in heat, but is the size and shape of an old-school satellite dish, sometimes reaching nine feet tall.

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