cable box

English

Noun

cable box (plural cable boxes)

1. (television) A set top box connecting a house to its cable service.
2. (television) A device given out by some cable television services that allows the user to have more channels on their television than they would have without the cable box.
3. (television) A descrambler used to descramble scrambled television channels on cable TV.

Hypernyms

• box
• set-top box

See also

• satellite receiver
• television converter