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GOGGLE BOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does goggle box mean?
• GOGGLE BOX (noun)
The noun GOGGLE BOX has 1 sense:
1. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Familiarity information: GOGGLE BOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set
Context example:
the British call a tv set a telly
Hypernyms ("goggle box" is a kind of...):
receiver; receiving system (set that receives radio or tv signals)
Meronyms (parts of "goggle box"):
kinescope; picture tube; television tube (a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen)
Domain category:
telecasting; television; TV; video (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects)
Holonyms ("goggle box" is a part of...):
television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
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