English noun: TV | |||
1. | TV (communication) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | ||
Samples | She is a star of screen and video. Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done. | ||
Synonyms | telecasting, television, video | ||
Broader (hypernym) | broadcasting | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cable, cable television, HDTV, high-definition television | ||
Part holonym | audio, picture, sound, video | ||
Domain category members | action replay, boob tube, closed-captioned, colorcast, couch potato, frequency band, goggle box, idiot box, instant replay, replay, telecast, televise, television, television, television receiver, television set, television system, telly, tv, tv set, waveband | ||
2. | tv (artifact) an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen | ||
Samples | The British call a tv set a telly. | ||
Synonyms | boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television, television receiver, television set, telly, tv set | ||
Broader (hypernym) | receiver, receiving system | ||
Part holonym | kinescope, picture tube, television tube | ||
Part meronym | television, television system | ||
Domain category | telecasting, television, TV, video | ||