television set

(eg. metaphor, summary, tone )

television set Meaning of "television set"

Add to My List

Definition(s):

  • (n) an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

Synonym(s)

goggle box, idiot box, television, television receiver, telly, tv

Usage(s):

  1. This Alvarado, whose real name was Redondo Cain Dellosa, hauled on board a cardboard box containing a television set.
  2. His brilliant central perception was that puppets could throw away the Punch and Judy box that had confined them for centuries and let the television set be their stage.
  3. Davis messaged the ship by Navy radio to turn on a television set for Knight, then arranged with a TV station to broadcast a tape-recorded plea to the governor.
Word of the Day
encroach
/ɪn ˈkroʊtʃ /

Nearby definitions