color television
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- noun
- /ˈkʌlər ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən/
- US
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televisión en color
- She saved up her money to buy a color television for her living room.
- color television set
Examples
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Eight in ten urban households have acquired a color television.
Academic text (1997) -
The presidential suite had its own pool, color television, radio, and dining room, and the bedroom abounded with chandeliers and was lined with mirrors.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's in every single color television set in the world.
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There is in her room by her bed, a color television set.
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Meanwhile, critics charged that there was no market for color television.
Academic text (1995) -
Now she watches color television.
Fiction book (1991) -
Hell, I remember in the mid-Sixties, when I was a kid, Dad bringing home a color television set console.
Blog text (19) -
From the money wires the German boyfriend sent, he bought an impressive stereo system, a large color television, and a stove.
Academic text (2004) -
When Pumarejo announced his decision to start broadcasting in color, there were only a few hundred color television sets in all of Cuba.
Academic text (1995) -
Seven years later, Pumarejo inaugurated the first color television station in Cuba and all of Latin America.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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A television that shows pictures in color
Antonyms
How Modern
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a television that displays images in color' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'color' (describing colored images) with 'television' (an appliance that displays images). This simple noun + modifier composition is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English modification patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Color television simply names a television that shows color instead of 'black and white' pictures. Imagine a painter filling a black-and-white photo with paint to remember that it means a TV that shows pictures in color.