"boombox" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bumˈbɑks/ [US], /buːmˈbɒks/ [UK] Forms: boomboxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boombox (plural boomboxes)
  1. Alternative spelling of boom box Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: boom box
    Sense id: en-boombox-en-noun-v-PS3h1a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "2013, Joseph O'Connor, Where Have You Been?, page 271:",
          "text": "Bluebeat and ska from a boombox on the pavement. A suedehead dancing a delirious, inebriated moonstomp with a girl who looked like a solicitor's apprentice.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bumˈbɑks/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/buːmˈbɒks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "boombox"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/buːmˈbɒks/",
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    }
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