TWEETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tweeter mean? 

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

1. a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWEETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the sound system had both tweeters and woofers

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

loudspeaker; loudspeaker system; speaker; speaker system; speaker unit (electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance)

Derivation:

tweet (make a weak, chirping sound)