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Added 9 October 2026

phonograph

/ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about phonograph at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
A record player.

verb

To record for playback by phonograph.
To transcribe into phonographic symbols.

Origin

From phono- + -graph.

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