- n. a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer (view details)
- n. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals (view details)
- adj. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality (view details)
- adj. growing in air (view details)
- adj. in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air (view details)
Meaning 1: (noun) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
Synonym(s): forward pass ( what does forward pass stand for? )
aerial is a kind of: pass ( what does pass stand for? ), passing ( what does passing stand for? ), passing game ( what does passing game stand for? ), passing play ( what does passing play stand for? )
Meaning 2: (noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
Synonym(s): antenna ( what does antenna stand for? ), transmitting aerial ( what does transmitting aerial stand for? )
aerial is a kind of: electrical device ( what does electrical device stand for? )
Meaning 3: (adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality, as impalpable or intangible as air
Usage Example(s): aerial fancies, an airy apparition, figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away- Thomas Carlyle, physical rather than ethereal forms
Synonym(s): aeriform ( what does aeriform stand for? ), aery ( what does aery stand for? ), airy ( what does airy stand for? ), ethereal ( what does ethereal stand for? )
Similar(s): insubstantial ( what does insubstantial stand for? ), unreal ( what does unreal stand for? ), unsubstantial ( what does unsubstantial stand for? )
Meaning 4: (adjective) growing in air
Usage Example(s): aerial roots of a philodendron
Similar(s): air(a) ( what does air(a) stand for? )
Meaning 5: (adjective) in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air
Usage Example(s): aerial cable cars, aerial particles, aerial photography, aerial warfare, small aerial creatures such as butterflies
Similar(s): air(a)
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