boom box

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boom boks]
- /bum bɒks/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boom boks]
- /bum bɒks/

Definitions of boom box words

countable noun boom box A boom box is a large portable machine for playing music, especially one that is played loudly in public by young people. 3
noun boom box a large, powerful portable radio and often cassette or CD player. 1
noun boom box portable stereo system 1
noun boom box A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound. 0

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Origin of boom box

First appearance:

before 1980

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1980-85

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Parts of speech for Boom box

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Boom box

boom box popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for boom box

noun boom box

ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
radio — wireless telegraphy or telephony: speeches broadcast by radio.
stereo — stereoscopic photography.
cd player — A CD player is a machine on which you can play CDs.

All 6 Synonyms of boom box