noun
Meaning 1
A circular rotating platform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
turntable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːnteɪb(ə)l/
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General-American: /ˈtɝnˌteɪbəl/
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CMU ARPABET: T ER1 N T EY2 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A circular rotating platform.
The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension), a record player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ones and twos
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A circular rotating platform.
A rotating platform placed in a circular pit, used for turning locomotives, cars, or trucks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, road, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
A circular rotating platform.
A circular platform allowing a board game to be rotated to face each player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games, gaming
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To play (a record) using a turntable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To rotate or turn around using, or as if using, a turntable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To manipulate sound using turntables; to perform turntablism; to scratch
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: platform
noun
Meaning 9
a rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: platform
noun
Meaning 10
a revolving tray placed on a dining table
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lazy Susan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tray
History
Etymology
From turn + table.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обръщателна платформа (obrǎštatelna platforma) — circular rotating platform
- Chinese Mandarin: 轉盤 /转盘 (zhuànpán) — circular rotating platform
- Danish: drejeskive — circular rotating platform
- French: platine — circular rotating platform
- Galician: torno — circular rotating platform
- German: Drehteller — circular rotating platform
- German: Plattenteller — circular rotating platform
- German: Drehscheibe — circular rotating platform
- Irish: caschlár — circular rotating platform
- Japanese: ターンテーブル (tāntēburu) — circular rotating platform
- Plautdietsch: Dreischiew — circular rotating platform
- Russian: верту́шка (vertúška) — circular rotating platform
- Spanish: tornamesa — circular rotating platform
- Welsh: llwyfan dro — circular rotating platform
- Welsh: trofwrdd — circular rotating platform
- Dutch: draaitafel — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Finnish: levylautanen — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- French: platine tourne-disque — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- French: table de lecture — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- German: Plattenteller — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Italian: piatto — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Japanese: 転机 (tenki) — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Plautdietsch: Dreischiew — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Polish: talerz — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Romanian: platan — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Spanish: tocadiscos — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Spanish: tornamesa — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Swedish: skivspelare — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Swedish: skivtallrik — circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console
- Chickasaw: nannola' — record player — see also record player
- Chinese Mandarin: 唱盤 /唱盘 (chàngpán) — record player — see also record player
- Danish: pladespiller — record player — see also record player
- Dutch: draaitafel — record player — see also record player
- Dutch: pick-up — record player — see also record player
- Dutch: platendraaier — record player — see also record player
- Dutch: platenspeler — record player — see also record player
- Finnish: levylautanen — record player — see also record player
- German: Plattenspieler — record player — see also record player
- Greek: πικάπ (pikáp) — record player — see also record player
- Italian: giradischi — record player — see also record player
- Polish: gramofon — record player — see also record player
- Swedish: skivspelare — record player — see also record player
- Welsh: troell — record player — see also record player
- Czech: točna — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- Danish: svingskive — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- Finnish: kääntöpöytä — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- French: plaque tournante — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- German: Drehscheibe — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- Norwegian Bokmål: svingskive — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- Norwegian Nynorsk: svingskive — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- Polish: obrotnica — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- Swedish: vändskiva — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- Ukrainian: поворо́тний круг (povorótnyj kruh) — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- Welsh: trofwrdd — rotating platform for turning locomotives
- Finnish: kääntötaso — rotating platform for turning cars and trucks
- French: plaque tournante — rotating platform for turning cars and trucks
- Swedish: vändskiva — rotating platform for turning cars and trucks
- Welsh: trofwrdd — rotating platform for turning cars and trucks
- Bulgarian: обръщам (obrǎštam) — to rotate or turn around using, or as if using, a turntable
- Malay: gosok — to rotate or turn around using, or as if using, a turntable
- Malay: gosok — to manipulate sound using turntables
Real reading context