"STB" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} STB
  1. Initialism of straight to base. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: straight to base
    Sense id: en-STB-en-noun-17M5nLbi

Noun

Forms: STBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} STB (plural STBs)
  1. (television) Initialism of set top box - a video signal converter for televisions Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: set top box (extra: a video signal converter for televisions) Categories (topical): Television Synonyms: converter, TV converter, television converter, converter box Related terms: cable box, satellite receiver, descrambler
    Sense id: en-STB-en-noun-OEK3hNQJ Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Topics: broadcasting, media, television

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for STB meaning in English (2.0kB)

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