graphophone

[ graf-uh-fohn ]

noun

1. a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.

Other Words From

• graph·o·phon·ic [graf-, uh, -, fon, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of graphophone¹

grapho- + -phone

Example Sentences

Purchased by the Gramophone Company in 1929 for £16,500 and rechristened as EMI Recording Studios, the facility officially opened in November 1931—scant months after Columbia Graphophone had merged with the Gramophone Company and formed the EMI Group.

From Salon

The newspaper, which gathered recordings with the Columbia Graphophone Company, warned of hospital patients being unable to sleep and the constant sounds of "engines, bells and whistles".

From BBC

But five- and six-piece dance bands were turning out huge piles of graphophone records, and we tried to buy them all.

From Literature

She ended with a slow, subdued flourish of treble chords and finally one soft single bass note, like a Graphophone winding down.

From Literature

He had already bought her a present, a Home Graphophone.

From Literature

Related Words

• stereo