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dish
A saucer-shaped antenna that receives, or transmits and receives, signals from a satellite. See DBS.
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Definition: dish
A saucer-shaped antenna that receives, or transmits and receives, signals from a satellite. See DBS.
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Dish Network launching online streaming service this week
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