phonograph

C2 Topic:Science & Research
US /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/ UK /ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/
noun Freq #25675

Meanings

  1. 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. 2
    noun

    machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

  3. 3
    noun

    A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.

  4. 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

Etymology

From phono- + -graph.

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