diaphone

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(di-a-phone) 3 syllables

Definition

noun. 1 a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones; 2 a phoneme in one dialect corresponding to a similar but phonetically different phoneme in a related dialect

Example Sentence

The keepers may fire up the diesels and blow the old diaphone.

Synonyms

foghorn; foghorn with a 2-toned signal; phoneme

Antonyms

silence

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