English

Noun

cable box ‎(plural cable boxes)

1. (television) 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

See also

• satellite receiver
• television converter