phonograph

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfəʊnəgrɑːf/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈfoʊnəˌgræf/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fōnə graf′, -gräf′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
pho•no•graph /ˈfoʊnəˌgræf/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Sound Reproductiona machine that reproduces sound using records in the form of grooved disks.
pho•no•graph•ic, adj. See -graph-, -phon-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pho•no•graph  (fōnə graf′, -gräf′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Sound Reproductionany sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
  • 1825–35 in sense "phonogram''; 1877 for the "talking phonograph'' invented by T. A. Edison; phono- + -graph

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
phonograph / ˈfəʊnəˌɡrɑːf -ˌɡræf/
  1. an early form of gramophone capable of recording and reproducing sound on wax cylinders
  2. Also called: gramophone, record player 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
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