phonograph
noun
any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
phonographs
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pluralof phonograph.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the home, a rich family might have one of the new phonographs that played music stored on wax cylinders, but most families were still making their own music, using sheet music or songbooks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
There were newfangled inventions: player pianos, phonographs and nickelodeons.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Pressing his teeth into the wood of phonographs and pianos helped Edison experience the vibrations in his skull.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
After all, even Sousa, who warned that phonographs would harm babies, eventually allowed his music to be recorded.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2018
Here everything was colors to me: the red clang of the streetcars, blue music from phonographs, silver laughter of people.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
