Simple Definition of intercom

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intercom

noun

plural intercoms
: a system which allows a person speaking into a microphone to be heard on a speaker by people in a different room or area
I heard my name called on the intercom.
His secretary's voice came over the intercom, telling him that he had a visitor.

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