gramophone

noun

gram·​o·​phone ˈgra-mə-ˌfōn How to pronounce gramophone (audio)

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The awards ceremony, now in its 25th year, will take place on November 14 in Miami, with artists including Bad Bunny, Anitta, Karol G and Shakira vying for one of the year's gramophones. Alex Apatoff, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024 Other inventions followed: radios and gramophones in the 1920s and 30s, bacteria-killing UV light, televisions. Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024 Over the course of his career, he was nominated for a total of 13 golden gramophones. Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024 The murderer has a campy sensibility of their own, staging crime scenes with dolls and gramophone lullabies that are both unsubtle clues to the killer’s identity and also a reflection of the director’s own sensibility. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gramophone 

Word History

Etymology

from Gramophone, a trademark

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gramophone was in 1887

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“Gramophone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gramophone. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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