PHONOGRAPH RECORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phonograph record mean? 

• PHONOGRAPH RECORD (noun)
  The noun PHONOGRAPH RECORD has 1 sense:

1. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

  Familiarity information: PHONOGRAPH RECORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHONOGRAPH RECORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

disc; disk; phonograph record; phonograph recording; platter; record

Hypernyms ("phonograph record" is a kind of...):

audio; audio recording; sound recording (a recording of acoustic signals)

Meronyms (parts of "phonograph record"):

acetate disk; phonograph recording disk (a disk coated with cellulose acetate)

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

L-P; LP (a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm)

78; seventy-eight (a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute)