record player

1. 1.

   machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

   Synonymsphonograph

   Broadermachine

   Narrowergramophonejukebox

   Part ofaudio system

   Partscartridgeradio chassisrecord changertone armturntable

Questions about record player

What does record player mean?

record player means "machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically".

What is another word for record player?

Close synonyms include phonograph. 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 record player a common word?

record player 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.