phonograph

Etymology

From phono- + -graph.

noun

  1. A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
  2. (Britain, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
  3. (Canada, US, historical) 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.' 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Covici Friede
  4. (dated) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.

verb

  1. (transitive, dated) To record for playback by phonograph.
  2. (transitive, dated) To transcribe into phonographic symbols.

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