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JOOKB-oks/ˈdʒuːkbɒks/

A jukebox is a machine, often in a café, that plays a song when you put in a coin and choose a number. Countable: a jukebox, jukeboxes. Write one word: jukebox. A radio plays songs you cannot choose one by one like this; a speaker only makes the sound louder. Mix-up: juice box (a small drink carton) — different words, similar sound at the start.

Meaning

A machine in a café that plays a song when you put in a coin.

Examples

• “They chose a song on the jukebox.”
• “The jukebox is too loud for the baby.”
• “He put a coin in the jukebox and chose song twelve.”

Good to know

a jukebox (one word, coin, choose a song). Contrast: radio (no choose), speaker (louder). Mix-up: juice box.

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