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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 public address system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial
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verb
To transmit, or communicate with, by means of a public address system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, ambitransitive
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noun
a loudspeaker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system
History
A genericised trademark of Tannoy Ltd, a manufacturer of public address systems. "Tannoy" is a syllabic abbreviation of tantalum + alloy, which was the material used in a type of electrolytic rectifier developed by the company.
