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turntable
/ ˈɜːˌٱɪə /
noun
the circular horizontal platform that rotates a gramophone record while it is being played
a flat circular platform that can be rotated about its centre, used for turning locomotives and cars
the revolvable platform on a microscope on which specimens are examined
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of turntable1
Example Sentences
The turntable set, which evokes little of anything, was created for Wolf Trap Opera in Washington, D.C.
The fire brigade said they used turntable and portable ladders to rescue patients, several of whom were elderly and had mobility issues.
Like turntables, typewriters, tiki bars and film cameras, these midcentury motels are back, seducing millennials, Gen Z and baby boomers like the character Johnny Rose on the beloved TV series “Schitt’s Creek.”
The big thing about the Doors is you put the record on the turntable and sit down and listen to it.
He left the room, returning with a metronome whose loud, mechanical clicking lacerated the otherwise-fine mood being created by a Bach record on the turntable.
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