INTERCOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intercom mean? 

• INTERCOM (noun)
  The noun INTERCOM has 1 sense:

1. a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc

  Familiarity information: INTERCOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERCOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

intercom; intercommunication system

Hypernyms ("intercom" is a kind of...):

communication system (a system for communicating)

Meronyms (parts of "intercom"):

intercom speaker; squawk box; squawker (the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intercom"):

interphone (a telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc)