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RECORD ALBUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does record album mean? 

RECORD ALBUM (noun)
  The noun RECORD ALBUM has 2 senses:

1. one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact discplay

2. an album for holding phonograph recordsplay

  Familiarity information: RECORD ALBUM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECORD ALBUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

album; record album

Hypernyms ("record album" is a kind of...):

medium (a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information)

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

concept album (an album whose recordings are unified by some theme (instrumental or lyrical or narrative or compositional))


Sense 2

Meaning:

An album for holding phonograph records

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

phonograph album; record album

Hypernyms ("record album" is a kind of...):

album (a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc)


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