an·ten·na
antenna
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- pronunciation:
- aen
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part of speech: |
noun |
inflections: |
antennae, antennas |
definition 1: |
a metal device that sends or receives electromagnetic signals.
Since the antenna broke on our car, we haven't been able to get our favorite station on the radio.
- similar words:
- aerial, dish
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definition 2: |
a thin, sensitive appendage on the head of an insect or crustacean, used to feel with.
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related words: |
array |
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The word
antenna is a Latin word for a long pole that sticks up from a ship's sail. "Antenna" entered the English language as a word for the feelers of insects in the 1300s.