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gramophone

[ gram-uh-fohn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

gramophone

/ ˈɡræməˌfəʊn; ˌɡræməˈfɒnɪk /

1. Also calledacoustic gramophone a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn US and Canadian namephonograph
2. ( as modifier )
  a gramophone record
the technique and practice of recording sound on disc
the gramophone has made music widely available

First recorded in 1887; originally a trademark; apparently inversion of phonogram now obsolete name for a phonographic cylinder

C19: originally a trademark, perhaps based on an inversion of phonogram; see phono- , -gram

The landlord, an unstoppable gramophone of garrulity, entering by the street-door and bearing down upon him, put him to flight.

She stood staring down a row of pink gramophone throats till he rejoined her and slipped his arm through hers.

There was a click and two doors, ludicrously like the doors which deaden the volume of gramophone music, flew open.

Its pivot had been destroyed in transit and Correll had replaced it by a gramophone needle, which was found too insensitive.

Speeches, toasts and a gramophone concert made the evening pass quickly and enjoyably.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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