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TWEETER
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds
Example:
the sound system had both tweeters and woofers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tweeter" is a kind of...):
loudspeaker; loudspeaker system; speaker; speaker system; speaker unit (electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance)
Derivation:
tweet (make a weak, chirping sound)