1. a device that plays recorded music by using a needle to read grooves on a rotating disc
Usage: dated

Examples

• My grandmother still has her old phonograph in the attic.
• The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877.
• We found some vintage records to play on the antique phonograph.
• The phonograph needle needs to be replaced before we can listen to music.
• Before radios became popular, families gathered around the phonograph for entertainment.
• The museum display showed how a phonograph works with its rotating cylinder.