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phonograph

/ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/ /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/

Meanings
noun
A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.

Examples :

"My grandfather's old phonograph played music from the 1950s. "
sound technology music entertainment device machine history

Related Words

Illustration captures

captures noun

/ˈkæptʃərz/ /ˈkæptʃʊərz/

An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

"The general's brilliant planning led to the swift captures of enemy territories. "

Illustration collection

collection noun

/kəˈlɛkʃən/

A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.

"The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets."

Illustration especially

especially adverb

/əˈspɛʃ(ə)li/

(manner) In a special manner; specially.

"My sister is very helpful, especially when it comes to organizing things. "

Illustration engraved

engraved verb

/ɪnˈɡɹeɪvd/

To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.

"He engraved the plaque with his name."

Illustration character

character noun

/ˈkæɹəktə/ /ˈkæɹəktɚ/

A being involved in the action of a story.

"The main character in the school play was a brave student. "

Illustration transcribe

transcribe verb

/trænˈskɹaɪb/

To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.

"The student had to transcribe the professor's lecture notes into a digital document after class. "

Illustration represent

represent verb

/ɹɛp.ɹɪ.ˈzɛnt/

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

"The painting represents the artist's vision of a peaceful countryside. "

Illustration grandkids

grandkids noun

/ˈɡræn(d)ˌkɪdz/

A grandchild.

"They love spending time with all six of their grandkids, and they carry the photos to prove it."

Illustration grandfather

grandfather noun

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑːðə(r)/ /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/

A father of someone's parent.

"My grandfather helped me with my math homework. "

Illustration politician

politician noun

/ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪʃ.ən/ /pɑl.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən/

One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.

"The politician spoke at the school assembly about the importance of community involvement. "

Illustration accurately

accurately adverb

/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

"The student answered the math questions accurately. "

Illustration journalist

journalist noun

/ˈdʒɜːnəlɪst/ /ˈdʒɝnəlɪst/

The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.

"My grandmother is a meticulous journalist, recording every detail of her daily life in her personal journal. "