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phonograph.

A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/General-American
  1. A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.

  2. A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.

    UK · historical
  3. A record player.

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

    dated
Where this word comes from

From phono- + -graph.

verb/ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/General-American
  1. To record for playback by phonograph.

    dated · transitive
  2. To transcribe into phonographic symbols.

    dated · transitive
Where this word comes from

From phono- + -graph.

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