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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, in order to use it hands-free.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A feature on a phone that reroutes audio through the phone's external speaker, rather than the earpiece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: telephone, phone, telephone set
History
From speaker + phone.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
