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junkbox

noun

Etymology

From junk + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as junkbox — “junk + box”

Definitions

  1. A radio operator's collection of miscellaneous equipment.

    • The touch pad and four 7-segment displays are the only other parts that hurt the pocketbook and are not as likely to be in the standard junkbox.
    • The trouble is, it often takes considerable juggling of the component values in the circuit around the junkbox semiconductors before your completed project performs as the author's did.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for junkbox. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA