phonograph record

Other forms: phonograph records

Definitions of phonograph record
  1. noun
    a flat circular plate used for recording and playing back sound
    synonyms: disc, disk, phonograph recording, platter, record
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    types:
    L-P, LP
    a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
    78, seventy-eight
    a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute
    type of:
    audio, audio recording, sound recording
    a recording of acoustic signals
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