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PHONOGRAPH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
Synonyms:
phonograph; record player
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("phonograph" is a kind of...):
machine (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)
Meronyms (parts of "phonograph"):
cartridge; pickup (an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable)
radio chassis (a chassis for a radio receiver)
auto-changer; changer; record changer (an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention)
pickup; pickup arm; tone arm (mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge)
turntable (a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phonograph"):
acoustic gramophone; gramophone (an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically)
jukebox; nickelodeon (a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin)
Holonyms ("phonograph" is a part of...):
audio system; sound system (a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound)
Context examples:
How I miss my phonograph!
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He placed me in a comfortable chair, and arranged the phonograph so that I could touch it without getting up, and showed me how to stop it in case I should want to pause.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I told her that she was to have all the papers in the safe, and all the papers or diaries and phonographs we might hereafter use; and was to keep the record as she had done before.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
All the manuscript had been burned, and the blue flames were flickering amongst the white ashes; the cylinders of your phonograph too were thrown on the fire, and the wax had helped the flames.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
