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speakerphone

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speak⋅er⋅phone

[spee-ker-fohn]
–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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speak·er·phone   (spē'kər-fōn')   
n.  A telephone or telephone attachment that contains both a loudspeaker and a microphone, allowing several persons to participate in a call at the same time without the telephone receiver being held.
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