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rice box

rice box noun: a cheap Asian-made electronic device.

Noun (1)

rice box (plural rice boxes)

  1. (slang) A cheap Asian-made electronic device.
    • Rice box, rice box, every where? Where will this mess all end? The FMer realizes the increasing sophistication of the hobby.1975, 73 Amateur Radio's Technical Journal, numbers 172-177, page 110
    • A morning at my local hamfest got me a low-band transceiver (everybody called it a "rice box") for what seemed to me a very reasonable price. The antenna, however, was a more difficult problem.2002, 73 Amateur Radio Today, numbers 494-505

Noun (2) capitalized: RICE box

RICE box (plural RICE boxes)

  1. Synonym of RICE table.
    Synonyms:
    RICE table

Synonyms of rice box

Forms of rice box

pluralrice boxes
pluralRICE boxes

Questions about rice box

What does rice box mean?
Rice box means a cheap Asian-made electronic device.
What part of speech is rice box?
Rice box is a noun.
What is the plural of rice box?
The plural of rice box is rice boxes.

Words near rice box in the dictionary

  1. rice biscuits
  2. rice blast
  3. rice bowl
  4. Rice Bowl of the Philippines
  5. rice bowls
  6. rice box
  7. rice boxes
  8. Rice Bubbles
  9. rice burner
  10. rice burners
  11. rice cake

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