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Phonograph

//ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
  2. 2
    machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically wordnet
  3. 3
    A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records. British, historical
  4. 4
    A record player. Canada, US, historical

    "[…]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.'"

  5. 5
    A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography. dated
Verb
  1. 1
    To record for playback by phonograph. dated, transitive
  2. 2
    To transcribe into phonographic symbols. dated, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From phono- + -graph.

Etymology 2

From phono- + -graph.

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