Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speaking tube

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: speak-ing -tube
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance.

Example Sentences

"[…] for the next twenty minutes they were consigned to the general office while Mr Carlyle fumed and displayed his watch ostentatiously. At last a clerk slid off his stool by the speaking-tube and approached them."

Inflected Forms

speaking tubes (plural)

Synonyms

voicepipe

Questions

What does speaking tube mean?: A tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance.

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