phonograph C2 Topic:Science & Research US /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/ UK /ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/ See IPA manual Freq #25675 Meanings 1 noun A record player. […]I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'. 2 noun machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically 3 noun A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe. 4 noun A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a record player. gramophonerecord player 2 noun · machine in which rotating... record player 4 noun · a device that records or... talking phonograph Word family Derived forms kinetophonographmicrophonographtelephonograph Common collocations phonograph record Noun + noun Etymology From phono- + -graph. Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # phonograph **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/ **Frequency rank:** 25675 ## Meanings 1. A record player. 2. machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically 3. A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe. 4. A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records. ## Examples - […]I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'. ## Derived Forms - kinetophonograph - microphonograph - telephonograph ## Etymology From phono- + -graph. ## Topics - Science & Research markdown