clock radio

1. 1.

   a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically

   Broaderradio receiver

Questions about clock radio

What does clock radio mean?

clock radio means "a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically".

Is clock radio a common word?

clock radio is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.