death star
death star noun: a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution).
Noun
death star (plural death stars)
- a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution)
- Synonyms:
- DBS, direct broadcast satellite
Synonyms of death star
Forms of death star
| plural | death stars |
|---|
Origin of death star
From death + star: star as in satellite; death as in the decimation of an industry. Influenced by the Death Star base in Star Wars media.
Questions about death star
- What does death star mean?
- Death star means a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution).
- What part of speech is death star?
- Death star is a noun.
- What is the plural of death star?
- The plural of death star is death stars.
Words near death star in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: death star (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-death star.ogg.
Cite this entry: “death star.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/death_star. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.