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Tv Set

Definition: Tv Set

Tv Set

Noun

1. A receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Tv Set

Synonyms: boob tube (n), goggle box (n), idiot box (n), television (n), television receiver (n), television set (n), telly (n), tv (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tv Set

English words defined with "tv set": boob tube, boomexpertlygaffer, goggle boxidiot boxlike an expertmicrophone boomtelevision, television receiver, television set, telly, TVwith expertise. (references)

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Modern Usage: Tv Set

DomainUsage

Lyrics

I sold the renoir and the TV set (The Reflex; performing artist: Duran Duran)

I don't know what you expect starring into the TV set (Burning Down The House; performing artist: Talking Heads)

Clever

Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one? (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tv Set

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Around 19.1 million homes have one radio and 16.5 million homes have at least one TV set. (references)

There are 1.815 million subscribers to cable TV, representing 11 percent of the homes with at least one TV set. (references)

A 2000 media study showed that an upper-middle class Colombian family has three or more TV sets. This study confirmed that watching TV is the main entertainment for Colombians and that even most low-income families living in urban centers have a TV set in their homes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Tv Set

Expressions using "tv set": color tv set colour tv set. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Tv Set

Language Translations for "tv set"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

televisiestel (television, television set, TV). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏جهاز التلفزيون ملون (color tv set, colour tv set). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

televisor (television set). (various references)

   

Danish

  

fjernsynsapparat (television set). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

televisietoestel (television set), televisie (television, television set, TV). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

televidilo (television set). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

televyzjetastel (television set). (various references)

   

German

  

Fernsehgerät (television set, televisor, TV (set)), Fernsehapparat (television, television set, tv, TV (set)). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

η τηλεόραση. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

tvay etsay

   

Polish

  

telewizor (television set). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

televisor (television set, televisor). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

televizor (television set, televisor, telly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tv-mottagare, tv-apparat (television set, telly, tube, tv). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

umabonwakude (television set). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tv Set

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-s-t-t-v"

-1 letter: sett, stet, test, tets, vest, vets.

-2 letters: set, tet, vet.

-3 letters: es, et.

 Words containing the letters "e-s-t-t-v"
 

+2 letters: stative, trevets, trivets, vastest, vittles.

 

+3 letters: cavettos, cuvettes, estivate, gavottes, navettes, outvotes, statives, sveltest, travesty, vastiest, vedettes, vegetist, vestment, videttes, vitiates.

 

+4 letters: activates, aestivate, anteverts, cavitates, corvettes, devastate, devoutest, estivated, estivates, festivity, levitates, motivates, optatives, overstate, ovotestes, ovotestis, privatest, serviette, tantivies, tipstaves, titivates, vastities, vastitude, vaultiest, vegetates, vegetists, vendettas, veritates, vestments, vetiverts, vignettes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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