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# aerial

noun (an aerial, aerials); adjective (aerial)

«aerial» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) An aerial is a wire or rod that sends or picks up radio or TV signals; in the US it is called an antenna. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#m1)
2. Aerial means from the air or in the air, like an aerial photograph taken from a plane or drone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#m2)
3. An aerial in sport (skiing, snowboarding) is a jump with a flip in the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons, aerial photos and maps show a place from above. In everyday life the TV aerial is on the roof. Phrases: aerial view, aerial photograph, TV aerial, aerial ropeway.

### Examples

- The TV aerial blew off the roof in the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#x1)
- This aerial photo shows our school from above. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#x2)
- Drones take aerial pictures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#x3)
- An aerial view helps you draw a map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#x4)
- The snowboarder did an aerial with two flips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#x5)
- Bats are aerial hunters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#x6)
- They sat in an aerial dwelling, and it flew with them through the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/#x7)

### Note

Countable as a noun. UK aerial = US antenna. Said AIR-ee-al. Related: aeroplane, aero- = air.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aerial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerial/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aerial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aerial.html) on Mova free.