gramophone

gram·o·phone

G0220100 (grăm′ə-fōn′)n. A record player; a phonograph.

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[Originally a trademark.]

gramophone

(ˈɡræməˌfəʊn) n1. (Music, other) a. Also called: acoustic gramophone a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn. US and Canadian name: phonograph b. (as modifier): a gramophone record. 2. (Music, other) the technique and practice of recording sound on disc: the gramophone has made music widely available. [C19: originally a trademark, perhaps based on an inversion of phonogram; see phono-, -gram] gramophonic adj

gram•o•phone

(ˈgræm əˌfoʊn)

n. Chiefly Brit. phonograph. [1887; orig. a trademark; appar. inversion of phonogram a phonographic cylinder] gram`o•phon′ic (-ˈfɒn ɪk) gram`o•phon′i•cal, adj.

gramophone

British. phonograph.See also: Phonograph Records

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an instrument for reproducing sound from records; phonograph.See also: Instruments

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gramophone - an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acousticallyacoustic gramophonephonograph, record player - machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronicallyVictrola - a brand of gramophone

Translations

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gramophone

(ˈgrӕməfoun) noun (American ˈphonograph) the old name for a record-player. 留聲機 留声机