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DISH-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dish-shaped mean?
• DISH-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective DISH-SHAPED has 1 sense:
1. shaped like a dish or pan
Familiarity information: DISH-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped like a dish or pan
Synonyms:
dish-shaped; dished; patelliform
Similar:
concave (curving inward)
Context examples
As a protective measure, the spacecraft used its large, dish-shaped high-gain antenna (13 feet or 4 meters across) as a shield, orienting it in the direction of oncoming ring particles.
(Cassini Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings, NASA)
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