phonograph

CEFRB2

/ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An old machine that records or plays sound from discs.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A record player.

Examples

  • Compact discs have entirely taken the place of phonograph records.

  • I have to change the sapphire of my phonograph.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.

  3. A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.

More examples

In context

  • […]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.'

Synonyms

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Question 1 · Quick check

My grandfather used a blank to play his old vinyl records.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From phono- + -graph.