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LP
(el piː)
Word forms: plural LPs
countable noun
An LP is a record which usually has about 25 minutes of music or speech on each side. LP is an abbreviation for 'long-playing record'.
...his first LP since 1986.
Synonyms: album, record More Synonyms of LP
LP in British English 1
noun
1.
a.
a long-playing gramophone record: usually one 12 inches (30 cm) or 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter, designed to rotate at 331⁄3 revolutions per minute
Compare EPb.
(as modifier)
an LP sleeve
2.
long play: a slow-recording facility on a VCR which allows twice the length of material to be recorded on a tape from that of standard play
LP in British English 2
abbreviation for
1.
(in Britain) Lord Provost
2. Also: lp
low pressure
LP in American English 1
(ˌɛlˈpi)
US
noun
a phonograph record having microgrooves, for playing at 331⁄3 revolutions per minute
Word origin
L(ong) P(laying)LP in American English 2
1.
limited partnership
2.
low pressure
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British English: LP NOUN
An LP is a record which usually has about 25 minutes of music or speech on each side. LP is an abbreviation for 'long-playing record'.
...an old LP.
- American English: LP
- Brazilian Portuguese: elepê
- Chinese: 密纹唱片
- European Spanish: LP
- French: 33-tours
- German: LP
- Italian: ellepì
- Japanese: LPレコード
- Korean: 엘피판
- European Portuguese: LP
- Latin American Spanish: LP
Chinese translation of 'LP'
LP
n abbr
- (= long-playing record)
慢转(轉)密纹(紋)唱片
(mànzhuàn mìwén chàngpiàn)
(noun)
Definition
a gramophone record of 12 inches in diameter, which holds about 20 or 25 minutes of sound on each side
his first LP in over a decade
Synonyms
album
He has a large collection of blues albums.
record
This is one of my favourite records.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of record
Definition
a thin disc of a plastic material upon which sound has been recorded in a continuous spiral groove on each side
This is one of my favourite records.
Synonyms
disc (old-fashioned),
recording,
single,
release,
album,
waxing (informal),
LP,
vinyl,
EP,
forty-five,
platter (US, slang),
seventy-eight,
gramophone record,
black disc
Nearby words ofLP
- loyal
- loyalty
- lozenge
- LP
- lubberly
- lubricant
- lubricate
Synonyms of 'LP'
LP
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