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