- 1a piece of equipment that changes electrical signals into sound, used in public places for announcing things, playing music, etc. Their names were called over the loudspeaker. see also public address system, Tannoy™ Oxford Collocations Dictionary loudspeaker + verbannounce something, broadcast something, blare (something), … loudspeaker + nounannouncement, system prepositionfrom a/the loudspeaker, over a/the loudspeaker, through a/the loudspeaker, … See full entry See related entries: Listening to music
- 2(old-fashioned) the part of a radio or piece of musical equipment that the sound comes out of synonym speaker Oxford Collocations Dictionary loudspeaker + verbannounce something, broadcast something, blare (something), … loudspeaker + nounannouncement, system prepositionfrom a/the loudspeaker, over a/the loudspeaker, through a/the loudspeaker, … See full entry See related entries: Radio technology Extra examples Christmas songs blared from loudspeakers. Loudspeakers broadcast the football results. We heard the news over the loudspeaker.
loudspeaker
nounBrE BrE//ˌlaʊdˈspiːkə(r)//; NAmE NAmE//ˌlaʊdˈspiːkər//
Radio technology, Listening to musicCheck pronunciation: loudspeaker
