1.
[syn: gramophone, acoustic gramophone]
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]
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]
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