subwoofer
USSUB-wuu-fer/ˈsʌbˌwʊf.əɹ/SaySUB-wuu-fuhUK/ˈsʌbˌwʊf.ə/AUS/ˈsɐbˌwʊf.ə/
Pluralsubwoofers
- 1A speaker built specifically to reproduce the lowest frequencies of sound, especially those in the subbass range.
Place the subwoofer low and close to a wall for fuller, deeper bass.
The home theater kit pairs five slim speakers with a wireless subwoofer.
Similarsub
Note
The name stacks sub-, "below", on woofer, the speaker built for bass, so a subwoofer takes the notes beneath the ordinary bass range. In everyday talk it is often cut to sub. It turns up wherever deep bass matters: Roy Furchgott wrote in 2007 that even economy cars offer one, and Ed Gaskell's Make Your Own Music Video (2004) pictures hip-hop's beatbox "blowing its subwoofers."
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Origin
Formed from sub- + woofer.