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dead spot

[ ded spot ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
blind spot ( def 4 ).

I thought of the "dead spot" I had first heard about on the newscast the night before, and how it was steadily growing.

I have found the plant growing from a dead spot on the base of a living oak tree.

What a contrast between this dead spot and the railway that runs past it, always in a stir!

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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