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phonograph

noun

  1. device for playback of acoustic sounds stored as deviations on a disk or cylinder
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/ / /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/

noun

Etymology: From phono- + -graph.

  1. A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
  2. A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
  3. 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.'

  4. A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.

verb

Etymology: From phono- + -graph.

  1. To record for playback by phonograph.
  2. To transcribe into phonographic symbols.