noun

phonograph

phonograph, gramophone

The museum has an old phonograph.

The museum has an old phonograph.

Edison is credited with inventing the phonograph.

Edison is credited with inventing the phonograph.

((a/the)) phonograph an early record player She bought an antique phonograph.

record player, gramophone, turntable

From Greek 'phōnē' (sound) + 'graphein' (to write). It literally means 'sound writer'.

Remember it as a machine that 'graphs' (writes) 'phono' (sound) onto a record.

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