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recorders

recorders is the plural of recorder.

Meaning of recorder

Noun (1)

recorder (plural recorders)

  1. An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
    • Between 8 and 9 p.m., the recorder at a meteorological station at Harrow, Middlesex, picked up 1,470 lightning flashes within a radius of 10 to 15 miles, and observers at the station described the storm as "probably one of the most spectacular of the century."1958 November, “Storm Damage in the Home Counties”, in Railway Magazine, page 746
  2. A judge in a municipal court.

Noun (2)

recorder (plural recorders)

  1. A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
    • Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder.
    Synonyms:
    English flute, sweet flute

Phrases with recorders

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Questions about recorders

What is recorders the plural of?
Recorders is the plural of recorder.

Words near recorders in the dictionary

  1. recordee
  2. recordees
  3. recorder
  4. recorderist
  5. recorderists
  6. recorders
  7. recordership
  8. recorderships
  9. recordest
  10. recordeth
  11. recordholder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recorders (page history and authors); recorder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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