Definitions
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- noun A kind of
organ pipe . - noun A sound signal which produces
sound by means of a slottedpiston moved back and forth bycompressed air . - noun linguistics A particular
dialectal variant of aphoneme . - noun All the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
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- noun a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Delia Hopkins,” by another name, could be diaphone silk, akin polished, oedipal knish.
VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005
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“Delia Hopkins,” by another name, could be diaphone silk, akin polished, oedipal knish.
VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005
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“Delia Hopkins,” by another name, could be diaphone silk, akin polished, oedipal knish.
VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005
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"Delia Hopkins," by another name, could be diaphone silk, akin polished, oedipal knish.
Vanishing Acts Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2005
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The 32-foot open diaphone is located behind the picture screen.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments George Laing Miller
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Like the lighthouse keeper who could not sleep when the diaphone did not wrneeee-hrnawwww for five seconds of each and every minute, Jerry
Instinct George Oliver Smith 1946
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The DRLPS has received a matching fund grant to rehabilitate the DeTour Reef Light's original diaphone foghorn system, to its 1931 configuration.
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News Homepage RSS Ann Method Green 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word diaphone
I like this example:
“Like the lighthouse keeper who could not sleep when the diaphone did not wrneeee-hrnawwww for five seconds of each and every minute, Jerry”
Instinct
June 3, 2013