loudspeaker
pronunciation
How to pronounce loudspeaker in British English:
UK [ˌlaʊdˈspiːkə(r)]
How to pronounce loudspeaker in American English:
US [ˌlaʊdˈspiːkər]
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- Noun:
- electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
Word Origin
- loudspeaker (n.)
- also loud-speaker, 1884, from loud (adj.) + speaker.
Synonym
Example
- 1. It is that you can use a loudspeaker to talk to potential targets before deciding whether to attack them .
- 2. Not so the acts of vietnam 's red demons , with their nauseating loudspeaker jingles about happiness and light .
- 3. At the office , I find myself increasingly irritated by the loudspeaker that bellows a pre-recorded and irrelevant security announcement whenever I lock my bicycle to the bike racks .
- 4. The associated press news agency reported that an official who tried to read the statement over a loudspeaker to protesters was drowned out by calls for the mayor to step down .
- 5. That will send word to local municipalities , which will alert residents by radio or loudspeaker .