Cb Radio Definition & Meaning

Definition

Examples

Synonyms CB radio American

noun

1. a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies.

2. a system of private radio communication built around such a device.

Example Sentences

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He had abandoned it and was trying to reach a group of people who he had overheard on his truck’s CB radio.

From Literature

But the three of them continued on together, following what Grant had overheard on his truck’s CB radio before it broke down: There might be people up the road, other survivors.

From Literature

In the days when citizens band radio, a two-way radio system, was big, a young, unpublished Saul had an idea: a thriller involving CB radio and truckers.

From Seattle Times

Grey liked his writing but already had a CB radio trucker thriller in the works from another author.

From Seattle Times

“They would have … been happy to use CB radio’s relative privacy. The FBI might tap your landline phone in the early 1960s, but they could not monitor sporadic, local CB radio communications,” Blake said.

From Slate

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