gramophone

Noun

Meaning

an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

phonograph record player turntable victrola graphophone acoustic gramophone player album microphone Merrimack radio stereo jukebox megaphone sound system
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Antonyms

illustrations visuals

Hypernyms

phonograph record player

Hyponyms

victrola

Phrases with the word

gramophone record

Examples

A brave Scotland Yard inspector ( Graham Chapman ) attempts to retrieve the joke, with the playing of very sombre music on gramophone records and the chanting of laments by fellow policemen to create a depressing mood. Source: Internet

In 1937, Hemanta cut his first gramophone disc under the Columbia label. Source: Internet

At a time when gramophone records were recorded in one take, it allowed recordings to be made in multiple parts, which were then mixed and edited with tolerable loss in quality. Source: Internet

He's written on architecture and the arts for Dwell, Maclean's, the Globe and Mail, Gramophone and Eater. Source: Internet

In its later forms it is also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name since c. 1900). Source: Internet

Elgar has been described as the first composer to take the gramophone seriously. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

grammy Grammys gramogram gramophone record gramophone recording gramophonic