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RECORDER
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Irregular inflected form: recorder
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
Synonyms:
fipple flute; fipple pipe; recorder; vertical flute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("recorder" is a kind of...):
pipe (a tubular wind instrument)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recorder"):
flageolet; shepherd's pipe; treble recorder (a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes)
pennywhistle; tin whistle; whistle (an inexpensive fipple flute)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Equipment for making records
Synonyms:
recorder; recording equipment; recording machine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("recorder" is a kind of...):
equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)
Meronyms (parts of "recorder"):
playback (electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recorder"):
black box (equipment that records information about the performance of an aircraft during flight)
cassette recorder (a recorder for recording or playing cassettes)
CD burner; compact-disk burner (recording equipment for making compact disks)
magnetic recorder (recorder consisting of equipment for making records on magnetic media)
multichannel recorder (a recorder with two or more channels; makes continuous records of two or more signals simultaneously)
oscillograph (a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents)
Derivation:
record (register electronically)
record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("recorder" is a kind of...):
judge; jurist; justice (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Someone responsible for keeping records
Synonyms:
record-keeper; recorder; registrar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("recorder" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recorder"):
rapporteur (a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings)
Derivation:
record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
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