dead spot

[ ded-spot ]

noun

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

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How to use dead spot in a sentence

I thought of the "dead spot" I had first heard about on the newscast the night before, and how it was steadily growing.
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I have found the plant growing from a dead spot on the base of a living oak tree.
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What a contrast between this dead spot and the railway that runs past it, always in a stir!
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