"cable box" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cable boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cable box (plural cable boxes)
  1. (television) A set top box connecting a house to its cable service. Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-cable_box-en-noun-gM6FTTiU Topics: broadcasting, media, television
  2. (television) A device given out by some cable television services that allows the user to have more channels on their television than they would have without the cable box. Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-cable_box-en-noun-4NX2m2ND Topics: broadcasting, media, television
  3. (television) A descrambler used to descramble scrambled television channels on cable TV. Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-cable_box-en-noun-ILKP7zJZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 50 Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: box, set-top box Related terms: satellite receiver, television converter

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cable box meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

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