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Definition of speaking tube in English: speaking tubenoun A pipe for conveying a person's voice from one room or building to another. Example sentencesExamples - Over the speaking tube, and in a much more forceful tone, the pilot once again told me to do a loop.
- She would have had to use a speaking tube and something like a gas mask while shouting very loudly.
- He didn't do a great deal himself, apart from shouting down an ancient speaking tube to the unseen troglodytes who worked in the wine cellars far below.
- His bed is still there, together with the speaking tubes that kept him in touch with goings-on at the bridge.
Definition of speaking tube in US English: speaking tubenounˈspēkiNG ˌt(y)o͞ob A pipe for conveying a person's voice from one room or building to another. Example sentencesExamples - She would have had to use a speaking tube and something like a gas mask while shouting very loudly.
- His bed is still there, together with the speaking tubes that kept him in touch with goings-on at the bridge.
- He didn't do a great deal himself, apart from shouting down an ancient speaking tube to the unseen troglodytes who worked in the wine cellars far below.
- Over the speaking tube, and in a much more forceful tone, the pilot once again told me to do a loop.
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