record player

noun

: a device used for playing musical records

Examples of record player in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Pro-Ject has based the Juke Box record player on its popular E1 turntable. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 Every morning before school our father had a tradition of playing a different album on his beloved record player. Liza Lentini, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2024 His mum and dad appear to have been frozen in time for decades, likely since the ’80s, to judge by their hair, clothes and wallpaper, plus the snippets of Pet Shop Boys arising from their record player. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023 There was a record player, and without saying a word, Serge put the song on and all of a sudden all the couples around us stopped talking, their knives and forks in midair. Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 July 2023 Our favorite Bluetooth record player is the Sony PS-LX310BT. L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023 All cottages are equipped with air-conditioning and heat, a mini fridge, a kitchenette, a picnic table, and a vinyl record player (guests can borrow from a library of LPs at any time). Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023 From the record player holder to the anti-skid bottoms on the vinyl, these are some of the coolest, chicest conversation pieces for your home. Theresa Johnson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023 Unlike a record player—or the reel-to-reel tape player—the boom box was both portable and commensurate with the scale and the volume of the city. Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023

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“Record player.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/record%20player. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

record player

noun
rec·​ord player
ˈrek-ərd-
: an electronic instrument for playing phonograph records
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