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    IDIOT BOX

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenplay

    Example:

    the British call a tv set a telly

    Synonyms:

    boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("idiot box" is a kind of...):

    receiver; receiving system (set that receives radio or tv signals)

    Meronyms (parts of "idiot 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 ("idiot 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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