TANNOY
tannoy
(noun) a loudspeaker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
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.
Noun
tannoy (plural tannoys)
(British, colloquial) a public address system
Verb
tannoy (third-person singular simple present tannoys, present participle tannoying, simple past and past participle tannoyed)
(British, ambitransitive) To transmit, or communicate with, by means of a public address system.
Anagrams
• Antony
Source: Wiktionary
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