Meaning & use
a woofer
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Meaning
nouncountabletechnical
a loudspeaker designed to produce low-frequency sounds, such as bass notes
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a woofer' or 'two woofers'.
Patterns
- a woofer in a speaker
- a subwoofer
- the woofer produces bass
The speaker system has a separate woofer for deep bass sounds.
He turned up the music so loud that the woofer began to rattle.
A good woofer can make the low notes in a movie soundtrack feel powerful.
Word forms
| plural | woofers |
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Common combinations
- subwoofer
- A subwoofer is a type of woofer that handles the very lowest frequencies.
- woofer and tweeter
- A speaker usually contains a woofer for low sounds and a tweeter for high sounds.
- woofer cone
- The woofer cone vibrates to create sound waves.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bass speaker
- A bass speaker is a broader term for any speaker that produces low notes, while a woofer is a specific type of driver.
Opposites
Word family
- woofer noun
- The base form; no common derived words.
Commonly confused: a woofer or tweeter?
a woofer vs tweeter
A tweeter produces high-frequency sounds, the opposite of a woofer, which produces low sounds.
Practice
Which part of a speaker system produces deep bass notes?
Choose one answer.
A woofer is designed to reproduce low-frequency sounds like bass. A tweeter handles high frequencies, and the other options are unrelated.
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