receiving set

noun

, Radio.

1. a radio receiver.

Word History and Origins

Origin of receiving set¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Anybody can have a receiving set and hear the most wonderful things out of the air.

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That afternoon Mr. Norwood brought home the radio receiving set in the automobile.

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The human mind does not need an amplifier, as the radio receiving set does.

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You have that small, reserve sending and receiving set on your sled and I am going to give you a set of these new instruments.

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On one side of him was his smaller radiophone receiving set and on the other his rifle.

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