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Meanings of turntable in English

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A device that plays the sound stored on a gramophone record.

A revolving tray placed on a dining table.

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Examples for "phonograph"
Examples for "phonograph"
1
He wanted me to bring him phonograph records and enclosed a list.
A Farewell to Arms
2
It was in 1877 that Thomas Alva Edison completed the first phonograph.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
3
There were a player-piano and a fine phonograph in the big drawing-room.
Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch; Or, The Old Mexican's Treasure
4
They are all given on one of the cylinders of the phonograph:-
Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore
5
Between the fireplace and the phonograph table is a stand for newspapers.
Pygmalion
1
I'd love to see your place, and I could bring my gramophone.
East of the sun
2
Then it was that the surmise about the gramophone recurred to me.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
3
Onlookers can take home a 'hidden' gramophone if they can find it.
Radio NZ
4
But perhaps Kringström was in his soundproof room listening to gramophone records?
Shadows in the twilight
5
The clever footman started the gramophone, and Lady Queenie began to dance.
The Pretty Lady
1
The recorded voice ceased; for a moment the record player hummed voicelessly.
Little Fuzzy
2
The last mass-market record player was made more than a generation ago.
The Irish Times
3
Unfortunately my record player is kaput so I haven't tested these features.
Wired
4
To you and me, it's a record player with a USB plug.
Wired
5
I walked over to the record player and turned off something raucous.
One night stands & lost weekends
Usage of turntable in English
1
Does this thing work? He lifted the plastic cover over the turntable.
Four dukes and a devil
2
He stepped back into the turntable room to leave through the tunnel.
Carte Blanche
3
Henry's microphone stands beside a table mounted with his speakers and turntable.
Black house
4
The whole set consists of a receiver, amp, turntable, and bookshelf speakers.
Kafka on the Shore
5
A final pivot on the turntable reveals the tail of the car.
Wired
6
Signature game Lumines, a 2005 mash-up of Tetris and a DJ turntable.
Wired
7
Bond clicked his torch on and sprinted back to the turntable room.
Carte Blanche
8
The McIntosh MT5 turntable caresses every single groove of your precious vinyl.
Wired
9
She nodded, and he turned to put it back on the turntable.
Hell House
10
I borrowed Mischkey's characterization of the RCC as the turntable of industry espionage.
Self's punishment
11
This spot on Clear creek seemed to be the turntable for the gold-seekers.
Capt. W. F. Drannan, Chief of Scouts, As Pilot to Emigrant and G...
12
She watched Glenn Miller whirl on the turntable and then left.
Gratitude
13
Moving Parts, Quick Starts Finally, a turntable that adapts to individual spinning styles.
Wired
14
He switched the speed-control lever beside the turntable and started the record again.
11/22/63
15
You can also add accessories such as a turntable and hotplate.
The Irish Times
16
The Altmann DIY turntable and tone-arm are built from such parts.
Wired
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Turntable through the time
Turntable across language varieties
United States of America
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