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meg·a·phone

megaphone

 
pronunciation:
me g fon
features:
Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: noun
definition: a device shaped like a cone that is held by a person and used to direct the sound of a voice and make it louder.
 
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)megaphone big, deaf, giant, hoarse, huge, principal, tiny, wonderful
verb + (n.)megaphone amplify, announce, bark, carry, communicate, double, fashion, grab, hand, hold, imagine, lower, mount, roar, rouse, screech, shout, sing, use, yell
noun + (n.)megaphone Help announcer, attendant, band, bellow, candidate, captain, communication, cue, gourd, hand, media, microphone, midget, mouth, officer, plastic, platform, police, radio, set, shape, soldier, sweater, troop, trumpet, voice, warden  [See all][See only the most frequent]
Word Parts  About this feature
The word megaphone contains the following parts:
mega, megal, megalo, -megaly Greek root that means large, great, million
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synonyms:
magn, magna, magni, maxi, macro-
antonyms:
min, micro-
 
phon, phono, -phone, -phony Greek root that means sound, voice
synonyms:
son