aerial

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
forward pass
• Hypernyms:
pass, passing play, passing game, passing
• Hyponyms:
flare pass, flare, screen pass
2. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
• Syn:
antenna, transmitting aerial
• Derivationally related forms:
antennary (for: antenna), antennal (for: antenna)
• Hypernyms:
electrical device
• Hyponyms:
dipole, dipole antenna, directional antenna, omnidirectional antenna, nondirectional antenna
• Part Holonyms:
receiver, receiving system, transmitter, sender

II - adjective

1. existing or living or growing or operating in the air
- aerial roots of a philodendron
- aerial particles
- small aerial creatures such as butterflies
- aerial warfare
- aerial photography
- aerial cable cars
• Similar to:
free-flying
• Derivationally related forms:
air
• Topics:
botany, phytology
2. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality;
as impalpable or intangible as air
- "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle
- aerial fancies
- an airy apparition
- physical rather than ethereal forms
• Syn:
aeriform, airy, aery, ethereal
• Similar to:
insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal
• Derivationally related forms:
airiness (for: airy)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  aeriform, airy, aery, ethereal, antenna, transmitting aerial, forward pass