phonograph
verbEtymology From phono- + -graph.
1
Dated To record for playback by phonograph.
2
Dated To transcribe into phonographic symbols.
phonograph
nounUK /ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/ · US /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/
Etymology From phono- + -graph.
1
A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
2
UK, 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.
- Synonyms
- talking phonograph, gramophone, record player
- Derived terms
- kinetophonograph, microphonograph, phonograph record, telephonograph