phonograph
noun
- device for playback of acoustic sounds stored as deviations on a disk or cylinder
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/ / /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/
noun
Etymology: From phono- + -graph.
- A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
- A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
- 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.'”
- A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.
verb
Etymology: From phono- + -graph.
- To record for playback by phonograph.
- To transcribe into phonographic symbols.