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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A kind of organ pipe.
2. 2
   A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
3. 3
   a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones wordnet
4. 4
   A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.

Etymology

From dia- + phone (i.e., dia(lect) + phone).

Related phrases

compressed airorgan pipe

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