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noun

a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.

Origin:
1955–60, Americanism; (loud)speaker + (micro)phone or (tele)phone

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speakerphone (ˈspiːkəˌfəʊn)

—n
	a telephone incorporating an external microphone and loudspeaker, allowing several people to participate in a call at the same time

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