RECORD PLAYER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does record player mean? 

• RECORD PLAYER (noun)
  The noun RECORD PLAYER has 1 sense:

1. machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

  Familiarity information: RECORD PLAYER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECORD PLAYER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

phonograph; record player

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

machine (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)

Meronyms (parts of "record player"):

cartridge; pickup (an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable)

radio chassis (a chassis for a radio receiver)

auto-changer; changer; record changer (an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention)

pickup; pickup arm; tone arm (mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge)

turntable (a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played)

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

acoustic gramophone; gramophone (an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically)

jukebox; nickelodeon (a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin)

Holonyms ("record player" is a part of...):

audio system; sound system (a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound)