woofer
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈwuːfər/
- Specialized
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woofer
- To achieve rich bass tones, the speaker incorporates a high-quality woofer.
- woofers and tweeters
- inch woofer
- a big woofer
This is, this is one of those speakers, I forget the term for it right now, but where you can drive the tweeter and the woofer separately.
- This is, this is one of those speakers, I forget the term for it right now, but where you can drive the tweeter and the woofer separately.
Examples
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There are two tweeters and a mid on the front and a rectangular woofer on the back.
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It has a downward facing woofer that's in the bottom there.
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We have to work on the woofer.
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There is no hint that the woofer is following one path and the other drivers another.
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And then these two side pieces are the woofers that really move air.
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This kid's got a fine woofer and tweeter.
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I'm talking about big speakers with big woofers like this.
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It has a nice little eight-inch woofer, or this ten-incher.
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The woofers are pounding.
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Yes, we've got woofers, tweeters, the newest in digital audio and compact laser discs.
Synonyms
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1.5
A device like a loudspeaker that plays sound
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2.2
A device that turns electric signals into sound to make music or speech louder
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6.2
A speaker that makes very low sounds to add deep bass
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Etymology
Woofer likely comes from the dog sound woof, which means 'a bark', because early speaker makers paired a low speaker with a high one called tweeter, which comes from tweet, meaning 'a bird song'. So a woofer is the speaker that makes deep, low sounds or bass.