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big ugly dish

big ugly dish noun: a C-band satellite dish used by television receive-only (TVRO) systems, ranging from 4 to 16 feet in diameter.

big ugly dish: a C-band satellite dish used by television receive-only (TVRO) systems, ranging from 4 to 16 feet...
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Noun

big ugly dish (plural big ugly dishes)

  1. (informal) A C-band satellite dish used by television receive-only (TVRO) systems, ranging from 4 to 16 feet in diameter.
    Synonyms:
    BUD

Synonyms of big ugly dish

Forms of big ugly dish

pluralbig ugly dishes

Origin of big ugly dish

From its perception as an eyesore.

Questions about big ugly dish

What does big ugly dish mean?
Big ugly dish means a C-band satellite dish used by television receive-only (TVRO) systems, ranging from 4 to 16 feet in diameter.
What part of speech is big ugly dish?
Big ugly dish is a noun.
What is the plural of big ugly dish?
The plural of big ugly dish is big ugly dishes.

Words near big ugly dish in the dictionary

  1. big top
  2. big tops
  3. big tree
  4. big trees
  5. big two
  6. big ugly dish
  7. big ugly dishes
  8. big up
  9. big upped
  10. big ups
  11. big wall

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