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detector van

de·tec·tor van
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dih-tek-ter van]
    • /dɪˈtɛk tər væn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dih-tek-ter van]
    • /dɪˈtɛk tər væn/

Definitions of detector van words

  • noun detector van a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television 3
  • noun detector van (Britain) A vehicle, equipped with electronic instrumentation that can detect the oscillator of a domestic television; used by the licensing authority to check that a household with no TV licence does not have a television receiver. 0
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Parts of speech for Detector van

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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detector van popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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