noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/
CMU ARPABET:F OW1 N AH0 G R AE2 F
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A record player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, historical
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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5
verb
Meaning 5
To record for playback by phonograph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
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6
verb
Meaning 6
To transcribe into phonographic symbols.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
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7
noun
Meaning 7
machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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