satellite dish
noun
: a microwave dish for receiving usually television transmissions from an orbiting satellite
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web One way to bring that cost down is adopting the original TV technology — over-the-air antennas that capture broadcast signals without a connection to a cable box, a satellite dish or the internet. 
Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 For years, watching the Eurovision Song Contest from the United States involved climbing on a rooftop to adjust the direction of a satellite dish and subscribing to a Portuguese channel. Fred Bronson, Billboard, 11 May 2022 Enlarge / A Viasat Internet satellite dish in the yard of a house in Madison, Virginia. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2022 Starlink customers use a compact satellite dish to communicate with those satellites. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2022 An owl’s head features a round face, ringed with feathers, that has evolved to function a bit like a satellite dish—collecting sound and channeling it to ears hidden on the side of the face. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2022 Occasionally snow blocks the satellite dish that the station relies on for its internet connection, but most of the time the researchers are able to follow news of the invasion through official sources and messaging apps. Matt Reynolds, Wired, 7 Mar. 2022 Starlink provides an internet service by transmitting signals from ground towers into space, bouncing them off of the satellites, and intercepting the returning signal via satellite dish. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2022 SpaceX's Starlink division is planning a new ruggedized satellite dish that can operate in hotter and colder temperatures. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2022 See More
Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 For years, watching the Eurovision Song Contest from the United States involved climbing on a rooftop to adjust the direction of a satellite dish and subscribing to a Portuguese channel. Fred Bronson, Billboard, 11 May 2022 Enlarge / A Viasat Internet satellite dish in the yard of a house in Madison, Virginia. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2022 Starlink customers use a compact satellite dish to communicate with those satellites. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2022 An owl’s head features a round face, ringed with feathers, that has evolved to function a bit like a satellite dish—collecting sound and channeling it to ears hidden on the side of the face. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2022 Occasionally snow blocks the satellite dish that the station relies on for its internet connection, but most of the time the researchers are able to follow news of the invasion through official sources and messaging apps. Matt Reynolds, Wired, 7 Mar. 2022 Starlink provides an internet service by transmitting signals from ground towers into space, bouncing them off of the satellites, and intercepting the returning signal via satellite dish. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2022 SpaceX's Starlink division is planning a new ruggedized satellite dish that can operate in hotter and colder temperatures. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
satellite dish
noun
: a bowl-shaped antenna for receiving transmissions (as of television programs) from a satellite orbiting the earth