BOOM BOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boom box mean? 

• BOOM BOX (noun)
  The noun BOOM BOX has 1 sense:

1. a portable stereo

  Familiarity information: BOOM BOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOM BOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A portable stereo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boom box; ghetto blaster

Hypernyms ("boom box" is a kind of...):

stereo; stereo system; stereophonic system; stereophony (reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)