gramophone
UK/'græmәfәun/US
C2
Definitions
n.
An old-fashioned record player that plays sound from a flat disc
留声机
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedgramo- (from Greek gramma, 'written/recorded') + phōnē (sound) = a machine that plays back recorded sound. The name was coined by reversing the elements of 'phonogram.' Largely historical now.
Root phon still carries 13 more wordsExample Sentences
- 1.
Her grandmother still keeps an old gramophone in the attic.