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gramophone

/ˈɡræməfəʊn/

/ˈɡræməfoʊn/

gramophonenoun

gramophones

/ˈɡræməfəʊn/

/ˈɡræməfoʊn/

Translations

The old gramophone played a classic tune.

Старый граммофон играл классическую мелодию.

Definitions

An old-fashioned device used for playing music, which works by rotating a disc and amplifying the sound through a horn.

The antique shop had a beautifully preserved gramophone that still played records from the 1920s.

A record player, especially a household electrical device for playing vinyl discs (chiefly British).

She placed the new LP on the gramophone and turned up the volume.

Synonyms

record player

gramophoneadjective

/ˈɡræməfəʊn/

/ˈɡræməfoʊn/

Used attributively, e.g., "gramophone record".

Definitions

Relating to gramophones or to recorded sound played on gramophones; used before another noun.

He has a vast collection of gramophone records.

Synonyms

record (attributive)