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phonographs

phonographs is the plural of phonograph.

Meaning of phonograph

Noun

phonograph (plural phonographs)

  1. A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
  2. (UK, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
    Synonyms:
    talking phonograph
  3. (Canada, US, historical) 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.'1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Covici Friede
  4. (dated) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.

See all 6 meanings of phonograph

Questions about phonographs

What is phonographs the plural of?
Phonographs is the plural of phonograph.

Words near phonographs in the dictionary

  1. phonographically
  2. phonographies
  3. phonographing
  4. phonographist
  5. phonographists
  6. phonographs
  7. phonography
  8. phonoideogram
  9. phonoideograms
  10. phonol
  11. phonolexical

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