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RECORDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: recorder   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece

Synonyms:

fipple flute; fipple pipe; recorder; vertical flute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("recorder" is a kind of...):

pipe (a tubular wind instrument)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recorder"):

flageolet; shepherd's pipe; treble recorder (a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes)

pennywhistle; tin whistle; whistle (an inexpensive fipple flute)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Equipment for making records

Synonyms:

recorder; recording equipment; recording machine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("recorder" is a kind of...):

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

Meronyms (parts of "recorder"):

playback (electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recorder"):

black box (equipment that records information about the performance of an aircraft during flight)

cassette recorder (a recorder for recording or playing cassettes)

CD burner; compact-disk burner (recording equipment for making compact disks)

magnetic recorder (recorder consisting of equipment for making records on magnetic media)

multichannel recorder (a recorder with two or more channels; makes continuous records of two or more signals simultaneously)

oscillograph (a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents)

Derivation:

record (register electronically)

record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("recorder" is a kind of...):

judge; jurist; justice (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Someone responsible for keeping records

Synonyms:

record-keeper; recorder; registrar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("recorder" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recorder"):

rapporteur (a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings)

Derivation:

record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

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