picture tube

noun

1. a cathode-ray tube with a screen at one end on which images are reproduced.

picture tube

noun

1. another name for television tube

Word History and Origins

Origin of picture tube¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Art hoped it wouldn't be the picture tube; that wasn't covered in his service policy, and those tubes in that size cost money.

From Project Gutenberg

In the picture tube there was a stir, then she sat up and looked around in a sort of daze.

From Project Gutenberg

The brain energy by itself can't take the 147 place of a picture tube in a TV receiver.

From Project Gutenberg

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