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antenna

an·ten·na
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [an-ten-uh]
    • /ænˈtɛn ə/
    • /ænˈten.ə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-ten-uh]
    • /ænˈtɛn ə/

Definitions of antenna word

  • countable noun antenna The antennae of something such as an insect or crustacean are the two long, thin parts attached to its head that it uses to feel things with. 3
  • countable noun antenna An antenna is a device that sends and receives television or radio signals. 3
  • noun antenna one of a pair of mobile appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, etc, that are often whiplike and respond to touch and taste but may be specialized for swimming or attachment 3
  • noun antenna either of a pair of movable, jointed sense organs on the head of most arthropods, as insects, crabs, or lobsters; feeler 3
  • noun antenna an arrangement of wires, metal rods, etc. used in sending and receiving electromagnetic waves; aerial 3
  • noun antenna An antenna is a device or a piece of wire that sends and receives radio signals. 3

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Origin of antenna

First appearance:

before 1640
One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; < Latin: a sailyard

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Antenna

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

antenna popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for antenna

noun antenna

  • wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
  • receiver — a person or thing that receives.
  • aerial — You talk about aerial attacks and aerial photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are attacked or photographed by people in aeroplanes.
  • whip — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
  • ears — the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.

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