Noun tv has 2 senses
- television, telecasting, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs
--1 is a kind of broadcasting
--1 has parts: video, picture; audio, sound
--1 has particulars: cable television, cable; high-definition television, HDTV
- television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box - a receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly"
--2 is a kind of receiver, receiving system
--2 is a part of television, television system
--2 has parts: kinescope, picture tube, television tube
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