Gramophone

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gramophone
    n 1: an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle
         is amplified acoustically [syn: {gramophone}, {acoustic
         gramophone}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gramophone \Gram"o*phone\, n. [Gr. ? a thing drawn or written
   (fr. ? write) + -phone, as in telephone. Originally a
   trademark.]
   An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing
   sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched
   in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means
   of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm. This older term
   is almost completely replaced for modern devices by the word
   {phonograph} (or {hi-fi}), and technological changes have
   made the term sound antiquated, and it is usually used to
   refer to older non-electronic versions of the phonograph.
   [obsolescent]
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "Gramophone":
      PA, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system, audiophile,
      binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge, ceramic pickup,
      changer, crystal pickup, derived four-channel system,
      discrete four-channel system, four-channel stereo system, hi-fi,
      hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, intercom, intercommunication system,
      jukebox, magnetic pickup, monaural system, mono, needle,
      nickelodeon, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pickup,
      public-address system, quadraphonic sound system,
      radio-phonograph combination, record changer, record player,
      sound reproduction system, sound truck, squawk box, stereo, stylus,
      system, tape deck, tape recorder, tone arm,
      transcription turntable, turntable

    

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