receiving set

noun

, Radio.

1. a radio receiver.

Word History and Origins

Origin of receiving set¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

With both receivers off to historic starts and the addition of the 17th game to the schedule, Calvin Johnson’s record of 1,964 yards receiving set in 2012 is in danger of being broken.

From Seattle Times

“I have one little girl who is very nervous and she kept saying...‘I don’t want to die.’...If such programs continue I will make kindling wood of my receiving set.”

From Literature

Radio was coming into vogue, and he built his own receiving sets.

From Washington Post

Other lots include an early German Enigma machine, handwritten paperwork by Albert Einstein and a 19th Century telegraph sending and receiving set used by spies during the US Civil War.

From BBC

At length, to everybody’s regret, the last number was played, and the receiving set was silent.

From Project Gutenberg