tannoy
(noun) a loudspeaker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
tannoy (plural tannoys)
(British, colloquial) a public address system
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.