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megaphones

megaphones is the plural of megaphone.

megaphones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of megaphone.

Meaning of megaphone

Noun (1)

megaphone (plural megaphones)

  1. A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
  2. (figuratively) Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another.
    • If Pack does become head of the BBG, critics fear that he will turn Voice of America and the other BBG networks into a megaphone for Trump.2018 June 6, Arwa Mahdawi, “Michael Pack: the Bannon ally critics fear will become Trump's global propagandist”, in The Guardian

Noun (2)

megaphone (uncountable)

  1. A cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla.

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Questions about megaphones

What is megaphones the plural of?
Megaphones is the plural of megaphone.

Words near megaphones in the dictionary

  1. megaphanerophytes
  2. megapharmacies
  3. megapharmacy
  4. megaphone
  5. megaphoned
  6. megaphones
  7. megaphonia
  8. megaphonic
  9. megaphonically
  10. megaphoning
  11. megaphonist

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