noun
- plural of gramophone; early sound-reproducing machines that play flat disc records using a needle and horn
Usage: chiefly British; historical
Examples
- The antique shop displayed several vintage gramophones from the early 1900s.
- Collectors often seek out gramophones with their original brass horns intact.
- Before electric record players, gramophones were wound up by hand.
- The museum’s collection includes gramophones that once belonged to famous musicians.
- Old gramophones required steel needles that had to be changed frequently.
- Many gramophones featured beautifully decorated wooden cabinets.