set-top box

noun

A device that connects some source of signal to a television set, often decrypting a digitally encrypted signal from a communications satellite or cable network.

Similar
STB
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounset-top box (plural set-top boxes)

plural set-top boxes

  1. A device that connects some source of signal to a television set, often decrypting a digitally encrypted signal from a communications satellite or cable network.

    Synonyms: STB

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA device that connects some source of signal to a television set, often decrypting a digitally encrypted signal from a communications satellite or cable network.

Similar
STB

Translations

Bulgarian прие́мник, декодер
  • прие́мник (priémnik)device that connects some source of signal to a television set
  • декодер (dekoder)device that connects some source of signal to a television set
Finnish digiboksi
  • digiboksidevice that connects some source of signal to a television set
German Set-Top-Box
  • Set-Top-Boxdevice that connects some source of signal to a television set
Italian decoder, decodificatore
  • decoderdevice that connects some source of signal to a television set
  • decodificatoredevice that connects some source of signal to a television set
Polish dekoder
  • dekoderdevice that connects some source of signal to a television set
Turkish set üstü kutusu
  • set üstü kutusudevice that connects some source of signal to a television set
Cite this entry
APA

set-top box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set-top%20box

MLA

“set-top box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set-top%20box. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set-top box,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set-top%20box.

Source: set-top box on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.