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
But he was known to bite into phonographs and pianos to help him experience music as his hearing faded.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
With landlines largely gone the way of phonographs, this one is a delightfully analog fright.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2020
Philadelphia banned phonographs from a city park, the New York Medical Journal reported in 1890, because they might “disseminate disease” in the form of injuries to the ear.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2018
Anna smiled at all the lights, listening to the music from the drinking houses, the pianos, the phonographs, watching people, arm in arm, striding by in the crowded streets.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
