Definitions for aerial

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aerial aer·i·al

Spelling: [adjective air-ee-uh l, ey-eer-ee- Aerial is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in aerial (aaeilr).

Definitions for aerial

noun

1. a radio or television antenna.
2. Football. forward pass.

adjective

1. of, in, or produced by the air:
2. inhabiting or frequenting the air:
3. operating on a track or cable elevated above the ground:
4. reaching far into the air; high; lofty:
5. partaking of the nature of air; airy.
6. unsubstantial; visionary:
7. having a light and graceful beauty; ethereal:
8. Biology. growing in the air, as the adventitious roots of some trees.
9. pertaining to or used for, against, or in aircraft.
10. supplied or performed by means of aircraft:

Origin of aerial

1595-1605; 1900-05 for def 11; Latin āeri(us) of the air (Greek āérios, equivalent to āer- (stem of āḗr air¹) + -ios adj. suffix) + -al

Examples for aerial

This is another of the peculiarities of aerial construction and navigation.

And even that aerial effort is being shortchanged, military insiders tell The Daily Beast.

An aerial image shows what appears to be a spa, roiling water apparently carrying no nasty connotations.

This one, for instance, opens with aerial video of Kobani shot from an “Islamic State drone.”

"Now let us see the aerial," he said, and led the way outside.

An aerial lattice spread about a portion of a six-mile hemisphere.

The "grid" is connected to the aerial wire to intercept the radio waves.

The crime-fighting penguins, says the trailer, are “masters of the skies, espionage, and aerial assault.”

What the people of Mosul now fear most is aerial bombardment of their own city.

Lovers of aerial navigation have otherwise not much left to wish for.