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microphone

 noun
     
microphone
Related topics: Recording
mi‧cro‧phone [countable]
TCR a piece of equipment that you speak into to record your voice or make it louder when you are speaking or performing in public:
She spoke confidently into the microphone.
They searched the room for hidden microphones.
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