Gramophone
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An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducingsounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in somesolid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means of a systemattached to an elastic diaphragm.
Gramophone meaning & definition 1 of Gramophone.
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An Edwardian equivalent of a CD player, which played flat black discs and powered by a spring that was wound by hand. Usually had a large sound trumpet on top to amplify the sound.
Word is used in a derogatory way when refering to (once) popular music that is out of date or old fashioned.Gramophone meaning & definition 2 of Gramophone.
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old-fashioned for record player
Gramophone meaning & definition 3 of Gramophone.