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Turntable Common

Origin: Latin suffix -able

Turntable has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played

"He carefully placed the vinyl on the turntable and lowered the needle to start playing his favorite song."

2

a revolving tray placed on a dining table

"We passed the appetizers around the turntable until everyone had gotten their share of the lasagna."

3

a rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars

"The massive steam engine had to wait on the turntable until it was perfectly aligned before the crew could couple it to the passenger car."

4

A circular rotating platform.

"The old record player's turntable spun smoothly as I placed the vinyl on its circular surface."

5

The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension), a record player.

"I carefully placed the vinyl onto the turntable and lowered the needle to hear the music start."

Verb
1

To play (a record) using a turntable.

"She carefully placed the vinyl on the turntable and pressed play to hear her favorite old song."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
platform tray
Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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