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loud-speaker

[loud-spee-ker]

loud·speak·er

[loud-spee-ker]
noun
1.
any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
2.
Audio.
a.
a device for transforming electric signals into audible sound, most frequently used to reproduce speech and music.
b.
speaker (def. 4).

Origin:
1880–85; loud + speaker
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