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[ in-ter-kom ] / ˈɪn tərˌkɒm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR intercom ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan intercommunication system. a microphone or receiver of an intercommunication system. Origin of intercomFirst recorded in 1935–40; by shortening Words nearby intercomintercoastal, intercollege, intercollegiate, intercolonial, intercolumniation, intercom, intercommon, intercommunicate, intercommunication system, intercommunion, intercommunity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for intercomWe would be outside the outer glass box and talk to him via an intercom system. Sanjay Gupta, on the Ebola Front Lines|Tim Teeman|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST I was sitting in a 6th grade classroom when the principal came on the intercom to say the president had been shot. The JFK Assassination: The Long Weekend That Never Ended|Malcolm Jones|November 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST The school had an intercom system aimed at stopping unauthorized entry--and he did it anyway. There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre|Megan McArdle|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST “This one is for you, Salman,” George boomed over the intercom. Farewell to the King of Parties|Tina Brown|July 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
When the scientist finally left, Vidac turned to the ship's intercom and paged the cadets. The Space Pioneers|Carey Rockwell Flipping an intercom switch, his voice snapped out cold in the still room. Infinite Intruder|Alan Edward Nourse Nor could Logan switch to "intercom only," since a sudden radio silence would create anxiety below. Tight Squeeze|Dean Charles Ing Nicholas Shinny sat on the power deck and listened to Loring issue orders over the intercom. Danger in Deep Space|Carey Rockwell Roger's voice blasted through the intercom from the radar deck. The Space Pioneers|Carey Rockwell
British Dictionary definitions for intercom
nouninformal an internal telephone system for communicating within a building, an aircraft, etc Word Origin for intercomC20: short for intercommunication Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to intercompager, walky-talky |