phonograph recording

Questions about phonograph recording

What does phonograph recording mean?

phonograph recording means "sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove".

What is another word for phonograph recording?

Close synonyms include phonograph record, record, disk, disc, platter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phonograph recording a common word?

phonograph recording is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.