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megaphone

Today it means: A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction. Full definition →

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megaphone · noun, verb¹

From mega- + -phone.

megaphone · noun²

Named for the root Aniba megaphylla + -one.

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