Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pizza dish

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: piz-za- dish
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Kᵤ-band satellite dish used by direct broadcast satellite systems, ranging from 18 to 31 inches in diameter.

Informal

Example Sentences

"True, many former C-banders have traded in their BUDs for pizza dishes. […] Most of those programmers are smart: they offer C-band *and* pizza dish programming. So, for every C-band customer lost to pizza, they gain a pizza client. Conversely, it is these pizza dish clients who are enabling programmers to continue to provide C-band programming."

Etymology

From its similarity in shape and size to a pizza.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

pizza dishes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

minidish big ugly dish

Questions

What does pizza dish mean?: A Kᵤ-band satellite dish used by direct broadcast satellite systems, ranging from 18 to 31 inches in diameter.
Where does pizza dish come from?: From its similarity in shape and size to a pizza.

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