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phonograph

/ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/ · noun

Meaning

  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.
  4. A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.
  5. To record for playback by phonograph.
  6. To transcribe into phonographic symbols.

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