English Explanatory Dictionary

steam radio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Radio (sound broadcasting), considered as old-fashioned compared to television.

Word forms

steam radio

Etymology

The phrase originated in Britain when television was beginning to take over from radio and steam locomotives were giving way to diesel and electric ones.

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