aerial
noun /ˈeəriəl/
/ˈeriəl/
(especially British English) (also antenna especially in North American English)
enlarge imagea piece of equipment made of wire or long straight pieces of metal for receiving or sending radio and television signals
enlarge image- a forest of television aerials on the roofs
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- radio
- television
- TV
- …
- transmit something
- pick something up
- receive something
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘thin as air, imaginary’): via Latin aerius from Greek aerios (from aēr ‘air’) + -al.

