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gramophone

/ˈɡræməfəʊn/

/ˈɡræməfoʊn/

Translations

gramophonenoun

gramophones

/ˈɡræməfəʊn/

/ˈɡræməfoʊn/

The old gramophone played a classic tune.

Старый граммофон играл классическую мелодию.

Synonyms

record player

gramophoneadjective

/ˈɡræməfəʊn/

/ˈɡræməfoʊn/

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

Synonyms

record (attributive)

gramophonenoun

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.

gramophoneadjective

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

He has a vast collection of gramophone records.