LP

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noun

: a microgroove phonograph record designed to be played at 33¹/₃ revolutions per minute

LP

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abbreviation

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low pressure

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Noun
This week, Gunna drops his final release with YSL records, Lucy Dacus unearths intimate Forever Is a Feeling B-sides, and Ethel Cain delivers a quietly haunting LP. Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2025 The pop star unveiled the fourth and final edition of the LP in an Instagram post on Friday (Aug. 8), three weeks before the project drops on streaming services. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2025 Offset had dropped his solo LP, Set it Off in the following year, which marked the same year that the group officially disbanded. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Aug. 2025 The 11-song LP marked a new embrace of collaborators for Dienel, who tapped Adam Schatz to produce, Spencer Zahn for bass, guitarists Carly Bond of Meernaa and the aforementioned Duffy, drummer Max Jaffe, mixing engineer Jake Aron, and mastering engineer Heba Kadry. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for LP

Word History

Etymology

Noun

long-playing

First Known Use

Noun

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of LP was in 1948

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“LP.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LP. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

LP

noun
ˈel-ˈpē
: a phonograph record designed to be played at 33⅓ revolutions per minute
Etymology

Noun

long-playing

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