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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Television.

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  • noun US television
  • noun UK A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the breasts and back.

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  • noun an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[boob + tube, television set.]

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  • US & Canadian vernacular = television.

    UK vernacular = tube top

    July 22, 2008