GRAMOPHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gramophone mean? 

• GRAMOPHONE (noun)
  The noun GRAMOPHONE has 1 sense:

1. an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically

  Familiarity information: GRAMOPHONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAMOPHONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

acoustic gramophone; gramophone

Hypernyms ("gramophone" is a kind of...):

phonograph; record player (machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically)

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

Victrola (a brand of gramophone)