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megaphone

meg·a·phone

megaphone

 
pronunciation:
me g fon
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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.
 
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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