RECORDER (recorder)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: recorder   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does recorder mean? 

• RECORDER (noun)
  The noun RECORDER has 4 senses:

1. equipment for making records

2. someone responsible for keeping records

3. a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs

4. a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece

  Familiarity information: RECORDER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equipment for making records

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

recorder; recording equipment; recording machine

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

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

Meronyms (parts of "recorder"):

playback (electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material)

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

black box (equipment that records information about the performance of an aircraft during flight)

cassette recorder (a recorder for recording or playing cassettes)

CD burner; compact-disk burner (recording equipment for making compact disks)

magnetic recorder (recorder consisting of equipment for making records on magnetic media)

multichannel recorder (a recorder with two or more channels; makes continuous records of two or more signals simultaneously)

oscillograph (a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents)

Derivation:

record (register electronically)

record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone responsible for keeping records

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

record-keeper; recorder; registrar

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

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

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

rapporteur (a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings)

Derivation:

record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

judge; jurist; justice (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fipple flute; fipple pipe; recorder; vertical flute

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

pipe (a tubular wind instrument)

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

flageolet; shepherd's pipe; treble recorder (a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes)

pennywhistle; tin whistle; whistle (an inexpensive fipple flute)

 Context examples 

The pictures are sent to a small recorder that is worn on the patient’s waist or shoulder.

(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)

Sound recorders make great tools for environmental assessment because they can be deployed in remote places and work autonomously for long periods.

(Scientists record the sound of intact forest, SciDev.Net)

It takes pictures of the inside of the digestive tract and sends them to a small recorder that is worn on the patient’s waist or shoulder.

(Capsule endoscopy, NCI Dictionary)

The reports noted the malicious devices included internet-connected devices — not only servers and desktops, but also webcams, digital video recorders, routers — referred to as the Internet of Things.

(Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US, Wikinews)

Autonomous recorders set up at 34 locations in the Adelbert Mountains of Papua New Guinea covered sites ranging from pristine forests to small cacao farms.

(Scientists record the sound of intact forest, SciDev.Net)