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gramophone

[ gram-uh-fohn ]

noun

  1. a phonograph.


gramophone

/ ˌɡræməˈfɒnɪk; ˈɡræməˌfəʊn /

noun

    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

  1. the technique and practice of recording sound on disc

    the gramophone has made music widely available

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • gramophonic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • gram·o·phon·ic [gram-, uh, -, fon, -ik], gramo·phoni·cal adjective
  • gramo·phoni·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gramophone1

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

Origin of gramophone1

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

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.

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