tv set

Questions about tv set

What does tv set mean?

tv set means "an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen".

What is another word for tv set?

Close synonyms include television receiver, television, television set, tv, idiot box. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tv set a common word?

tv set is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.