gramophone

[ gram-uh-fohn ]

noun

1. a phonograph.

gramophone

/ ˌɡræməˈfɒnɪk; ˈɡræməˌfəʊn /

noun

1. 1. Also calledacoustic gramophone a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn US and Canadian namephonograph
   2. ( as modifier )

      a gramophone record

2. the technique and practice of recording sound on disc

   the gramophone has made music widely available

Derived Forms

• gramophonic, adjective

Other Words From

• gram·o·phon·ic [gram-, uh, -, fon, -ik], gramo·phoni·cal adjective
• gramo·phoni·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of gramophone¹

First recorded in 1887; originally a trademark; apparently inversion of phonogram now obsolete name for a phonographic cylinder

Word History and Origins

Origin of gramophone¹

C19: originally a trademark, perhaps based on an inversion of phonogram; see phono- , -gram

Example Sentences

The landlord, an unstoppable gramophone of garrulity, entering by the street-door and bearing down upon him, put him to flight.

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She stood staring down a row of pink gramophone throats till he rejoined her and slipped his arm through hers.

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There was a click and two doors, ludicrously like the doors which deaden the volume of gramophone music, flew open.

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Its pivot had been destroyed in transit and Correll had replaced it by a gramophone needle, which was found too insensitive.

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Speeches, toasts and a gramophone concert made the evening pass quickly and enjoyably.

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Related Words

• phonograph