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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 screenplay

  Familiarity information: GOGGLE BOX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOGGLE BOX (noun)


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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