"boom box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boom boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boom box (plural boom boxes)
  1. A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound. Synonyms: jambox, ghetto blaster Coordinate_terms: music center, radio cassette Translations (portable audio system): irrati-kasete (Basque), party reproduktor [masculine] (Czech), radiomagnetofon [masculine] (Czech), gettoblaster [masculine] (Dutch), mankka (Finnish), boombox-soitin (Finnish), radiocassette [masculine] (French), ghettoblaster [masculine] (French), boombox [feminine, masculine] (French), Gettoblaster [masculine] (German), Getto-Blaster [masculine] (German), Ghettoblaster [masculine] (German), Ghetto-Blaster [masculine] (German), hordozható magnó/hifi (sztereó) (óriás) (Hungarian), ラジカセ (Japanese), ラジオカセットレコーダー (rajiokasettorekōdā) (Japanese), ブーム・ボックス (būmu bokkusu) (Japanese), магнитола (magnitola) (Kazakh), boombox [masculine] (Polish), radiomagnetofon [masculine] (Polish), бумбо́кс (bumbóks) [masculine] (Russian), radiocasetera [feminine] (Spanish), boombox [masculine] (Spanish), radiograbador [masculine] (Spanish), bergsprängare [common-gender] (Swedish), บูมบอกซ์ (boom-bòk) (Thai), бумбо́кс (bumbóks) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-boom_box-en-noun-vndB6Ugj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "word": "hordozható magnó/hifi (sztereó)"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "portable audio system",
      "word": "ラジカセ"
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      "sense": "portable audio system",
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      "word": "บูมบอกซ์"
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      "word": "бумбо́кс"
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