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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

boombox en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbum.bɑks/ (US)
  • /ˈbuːm.bɒks/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.
    • Bluebeat and ska from a boombox on the pavement. A suedehead dancing a delirious, inebriated moonstomp with a girl who looked like a solicitor's apprentice. 2013, Joseph O'Connor, Where Have You Been?, page 271:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
boom box alternative lexicographic
boomboxes Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

music center · radio cassette

Deriveds

boomcar

Synonyms

ghetto blaster · jambox

Translations (32)

th บูมบอกซ์ (portable audio system) · es radiograbador (portable audio system) · pl radiomagnetofon (portable audio system) · ja ラジカセ (portable audio system) · id boombox (portable audio system) · kk магнитола (portable audio system) · hu hordozható magnó/hifi (sztereó) (portable audio system) · fr ghettoblaster (portable audio system) · es radiograbadora (portable audio system) · es boombox (búmboks) (portable audio system) · fi boombox-soitin (portable audio system) · fr boombox (portable audio system) · cmn 揚聲器 /扬声器 (portable audio system) · pl boombox (portable audio system) · fi mankka (portable audio system) · fr radiocassette (portable audio system) · uk бумбо́кс (portable audio system) · sv bergsprängare (portable audio system) · cmn 音箱 (portable audio system) · es radiorreceptor portátil (portable audio system) · es radiocasete (portable audio system) · ja ラジオカセットレコーダー (portable audio system) · eu irrati-kasete (portable audio system) · ru бумбо́кс (portable audio system) · cmn 音響 /音响 (portable audio system) · nl gettoblaster (portable audio system) · es loro (portable audio system) · ja ブーム・ボックス (portable audio system) · es radiocasetera (portable audio system) · cs party reproduktor (portable audio system) · cs radiomagnetofon (portable audio system) · de Ghettoblaster (portable audio system)