aerial in WordNet English dictionary

1. a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
   forward pass  aerial 
   
2. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
   antenna  aerial  transmitting aerial 
   

1. existing or living or growing or operating in the air
   "aerial roots of a philodendron"; "aerial particles"; "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography"; "aerial cable cars"
   aerial 
   
2. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
   "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"
   aeriform  aerial  airy  aery  ethereal