speakerphone

[ spee-ker-fohn ]

noun
  1. a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.

Origin of speakerphone

1
1955–60, Americanism;(loud)speaker + (micro)phone or (tele)phone

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British Dictionary definitions for speakerphone

speakerphone

/ (ˈspiːkəˌfəʊn) /


noun
  1. a telephone incorporating an external microphone and loudspeaker, allowing several people to participate in a call at the same time

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