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radio-phonograph

radio-phonograph

8.4
A machine that has a radio and a record player in one box
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪdioʊ ˈfoʊnəˌgræf/
  • Archaic
translation icon : radiofonógrafo
  • He enjoyed listening to jazz records on his vintage radio-phonograph in the evenings.
  • radio-phonograph console

Examples

  • This morning when I was dusting, I found a five-pound brick of cheese in the radio-phonograph console in the living room.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Except the gramophone was downstairs in the living room, along with this fine leather footstool. "There is a radio-phonograph console down there now," Jada said.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Cheese in the radio-phonograph console.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The radio-phonograph plays both AM radio stations and vinyl records, making it a versatile entertainment device.

  • She bought a beautiful radio-phonograph that perfectly matches the decor of her living room.

Synonyms

radio-gramophone
vsradio-phonograph
  • Archaic
7.9

A machine with a radio and a record player in one

is the same in meaning but uses an alternative term or spelling

Surface Forms

radio-phonograph singular
radio-phonographs plural

Morphology

radio-phonograph = radio + phonograph (transparent) = radio + phonograph

The word straightforwardly names a unit combining a radio and a phonograph, directly derived from the two component nouns.

Etymology

Radio-phonograph joins the parts radio and phonograph. The radio part comes from a word for 'ray' and came to mean 'wireless' signals, and phonograph comes from phone 'sound' and graph 'write', like in telephone for 'sound', so a radio-phonograph is a machine that combines a radio and a record player.