| AEROPHONES | • aerophones n. Plural of aerophone. • AEROPHONE n. any wind instrument. |
| ALLOPHONES | • allophones n. Plural of allophone. • ALLOPHONE n. any of several speech sounds regarded as variants of a given phoneme. |
| ANGLOPHONE | • anglophone adj. Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone. • anglophone n. Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone. • Anglophone adj. English-speaking. |
| GRAMOPHONE | • gramophone n. (Britain, dated) A record player. • Gramophone n. (Obsolete) A Grammy. • GRAMOPHONE n. (tradename) an instrument for reproducing sounds by means of a needle moving along the grooves of a revolving disc. |
| HOMOPHONES | • homophones n. Plural of homophone. • HOMOPHONE n. a word that sounds the same as another but is spelt differently e.g. 'to', 'too' and 'two'. |
| HYDROPHONE | • hydrophone n. A transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone. • HYDROPHONE n. an apparatus for listening to sounds conveyed by water. |
| IDEOPHONES | • ideophones n. Plural of ideophone. • IDEOPHONE n. a word that is spoken but not written. |
| IDIOPHONES | • idiophones n. Plural of idiophone. • IDIOPHONE n. a percussion instrument made of naturally resonant material. |
| MELLOPHONE | • mellophone n. A brass instrument frequently used in place of the French horn in marching bands and similar performance groups. • MELLOPHONE n. a brass wind instrument resembling the French horn. |
| MICROPHONE | • microphone n. A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into… • microphone v. (Transitive) To put one or more microphones on or in. • MICROPHONE n. an instrument whereby sound waves are caused to generate or modulate an electric current usually for the purpose of transmitting or recording sound (as speech or music). |
| OPTOPHONES | • optophones n. Plural of optophone. • OPTOPHONE n. a device transforming light into sound. |
| PHOTOPHONE | • photophone n. (Historical) A device that transmitted sound on a beam of light. • photophone n. (Obsolete) A home phone with integral picture frame. • photophone n. (Dated) A stills-only cameraphone. Used to distinguish from video-capable camera cellphones and camera-less… |
| PYROPHONES | • pyrophones n. Plural of pyrophone. • PYROPHONE n. an organ producing interference-tones by pairs of flames in tubes. |
| RADIOPHONE | • radiophone n. A photophone. • radiophone n. A radiotelephone. • RADIOPHONE n. an instrument for producing sound by radiant energy. |
| SAXOPHONES | • saxophones n. Plural of saxophone. • SAXOPHONE n. a jazz and dance band instrument with a reed, an S-shaped (properly metal) tube, and about twenty finger-keys. |
| STYLOPHONE | • stylophone n. (Music) A small synthesizer operated using a stylus. • STYLOPHONE n. a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped pen-like stylus. |
| VIDEOPHONE | • videophone n. A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions. • VIDEOPHONE n. a telephone equipped for transmission of video as well as audio signals so that users can see each other. |
| VISIOPHONE | • VISIOPHONE n. a videophone. |
| XYLOPHONES | • xylophones n. Plural of xylophone. • xylophones v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of xylophone. • XYLOPHONE n. a musical percussion instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, usually played by striking with two small round-ended hammers. |