Associations to the word «Microphone»

Wiktionary

MICROPHONE, noun. A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or broadcast.
MICROPHONE, verb. (transitive) To put one or more microphones on or in.

Dictionary definition

MICROPHONE, noun. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats