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Word entry · 8 letters

receiver

Best crossword clue

"Catcher or radio set"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɹəˈsi.vɚ/Part of speech nounSorted ceeeirrvStarts with REnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. set that receives radio or tv signals

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour.

Used in a sentence

  • I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters.
  • It took the name Midland & South Western Junction in 1884 and reached Cheltenham, with its M.R. connection, in 1891; but poverty continued - a receiver had been appointed in 1884.
  • A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver.

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