AERIAL


Meaning of AERIAL in English

(~s)

1.

You talk about ~ attacks and ~ photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are attacked or photographed by people in aeroplanes.

Weeks of ~ bombardment had destroyed factories and highways...

ADJ: ADJ n

2.

You can use ~ to describe things that exist or happen above the ground or in the air.

The seagulls swirled in ~ combat over the barges.

ADJ: ADJ n

3.

An ~ is a device or a piece of wire that receives television or radio signals and is usually attached to a radio, television, car, or building. (BRIT; in AM, use antenna )

...the radio ~s of taxis and cars.

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