TV
Dictionary entry overview: What does TV mean?
• TV (noun)
The noun TV has 2 senses:
1. broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
2. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Familiarity information: TV used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TV (noun)
Meaning:
Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
telecasting; television; TV; video
Context examples:
she is a star of screen and video / Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done
Hypernyms ("TV" is a kind of...):
broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)
Meronyms (parts of "TV"):
audio; sound (the audible part of a transmitted signal)
picture; video (the visible part of a television transmission)
Domain member category:
colorcast (broadcast in color)
telecast; televise (broadcast via television)
couch potato (an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television))
television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
action replay; replay ((television) showing again some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on video tape)
frequency band; waveband (a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals))
boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)
closed-captioned (broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "TV"):
cable; cable television (television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver)
HDTV; high-definition television (a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail)
Meaning:
An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
boob tube; tv set; telly; television set; television receiver; idiot box; goggle box; television; tv
Context example:
the British call a tv set a telly
Hypernyms ("tv" is a kind of...):
receiver; receiving system (set that receives radio or tv signals)
Meronyms (parts of "tv"):
kinescope; picture tube; television tube (a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen)
Domain category:
telecasting; television; TV; video (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects)
Holonyms ("tv" is a part of...):
television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
