| Library / English Dictionary |
PICTURE TUBE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
Synonyms:
kinescope; picture tube; television tube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("picture tube" is a kind of...):
cathode-ray tube; CRT (a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "picture tube"):
color television tube; color tube; color TV tube; colour television tube; colour tube; colour TV tube (a television tube that displays images in full color)
Holonyms ("picture tube" is a part of...):
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)
